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miler

DEFINITIONS OF: miler

1

n a runner in a one-mile race

Examples:
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
John Walker
New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
Types:
four-minute man
someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes
Type of:
runner
a trained athlete who competes in foot races

n (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles

“the race was a 30-miler”
Type of:
linear measure, linear unit
a unit of measurement of length
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