miler
nounCA /ˈmaɪləɹ/
Etymology From mile + -er.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports In compounds, Often An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
- But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind.1905, E.W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night:
- The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, Through the Magic Door:
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- Indeed, with a world record‐holder or Olympic champion in almost every race, with six milers who have broken 4 minutes, eight high jumpers who can top 7 feet and seven pole vaulters who have cleared 17 feet, there is no way guessing how many Olympic champions‐elect will be on display in the hatbox over Penn Station.1972 January 28, “Sports of The Times”, in The New York Times:
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In compounds A race whose length is the specified number of miles.
- I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.
- There were some impressive victories, but Fleming believes her most important race was the second of two close second-place finishes to Pippig, one in the Peachtree 10-K in Atlanta in July and the second in a seven-miler in Davenport, Iowa, a week later.1993 November 11, Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr., “NEW YORK CITY MARATHON; An American Sets Her Sights High”, in The New York Times:
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- They started with a mile; by January, they were hitting the trails at Bear Mountain at 7 a.m. on Saturdays for a brisk eight-miler.2007 July 15, Gerri Hirshey, “Sisterhood of the Walking Shoe”, in The New York Times:
- Mr. Sell continued, “If it’s really icy out or if it’s negative 10 degrees and you are doing an easy six-miler, it probably makes a lot more sense to do it on a treadmill than to risk hurting anything.”2010 March 3, Gina Kolata, “Winter Training: Faster and Safer Indoors?”, in The New York Times:
- Derived terms
- extra-miler, half-miler, quarter-miler