meunier
miller
noun muh-NYEH Rare
Origin: Old French moulin (mill), from Latin molinum
Usage Note
Meunier denotes the person who operates a flour mill. The feminine form is meunière, best known in the culinary phrase sole meunière — fish dredged in flour in the style of a miller's wife. The final r is silent.
Examples
"Le meunier apporte son blé au moulin chaque matin."
Natural Translation
The miller brings his wheat to the mill every morning.
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