different between miller vs knaveship

English

Etymology

From Middle English miller, meller, millere, from earlier mylner, mylnere, milnere, from Old English *myllere, *mylnere, perhaps an assimilation or corruption of Old English mylnweard (“mill-keeper”), or from late Proto-Germanic *mulj?riaz, *mulin?rijaz (“miller”), equivalent to mill +? -er; cf. also Late Latin mol?n?rius. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Muller (“miller”), Dutch mulder, molenaar (“miller”), Low German Möller (“miller”), German Müller (“miller”), Danish møller (“miller”), Norwegian Bokmål møller (“miller”), Norwegian Nynorsk mylnar, møllar (“miller”), Swedish mjölnare (“miller”), Icelandic mylnari (“miller”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?(r)

Noun

miller (plural millers)

1. A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flour mill.
2. (outdated) A milling machine.
3. Any of several moths that have powdery wings, especially Acronicta leporina and moths of the genus Agrotis.
4. The common name of a flour-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.

Translations

Anagrams

• remill

English

Etymology

knave +? -ship

Noun

knaveship (countable and uncountable, plural knaveships)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
2. (countable, obsolete, Scotland) A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill