miler

8 5.1

An athlete who runs one-mile races on a track

noun
/ˈmaɪlər/

: corredor de milla

She trained rigorously every day to become a successful miler in track events.
the fastest miler
great milers
half-miler

Examples

Last year, the young miler set a new record in the one-mile race at the national championship.
Jon Rankin is a world-class miler with a personal best of 3:54.24.

Blog text (16)
And this is surely being left to the fastest miler.

Without Limits (1998)
You know, if you'd spend as much time jogging as you did walking Buster, you'd be a regular miler.

Mostly Ghostly (2008)
After months of practice, he finally earned the title of the fastest miler in his school.

Synonyms

runner

vsmiler

241 1.0

A person who runs for sport, exercise, or in races

is a specialist who competes only in one mile track events

racer

vsmiler

64 1.9

A person who runs or drives in a competition to see who is fastest

is limited to athletes competing specifically in one mile track events

Compounds

-miler

Specialized

7.7

A distance or event that is a given number of miles long, often a race

Surface Forms

miler singular

milers plural

Morphology

miler = mile (transparent) = mile + er

The word transparently means 'a person associated with miles,' specifically an athlete who runs one-mile races.

Etymology

The word miler is made from the common English mile plus the ending -er that means a person, so it means someone who runs a mile. The word mile comes from the old Latin mille meaning 'thousand', because a mile was once counted as about a thousand paces, so a miler is someone who runs that distance.