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meunier

/mø.nje/

noun, masculine/mø.nje/plural: meuniers

miller (person)

Inherited from Middle French meusnier, from Old French meunier, meulnier, munoiere, from Late Latin molīnārius, from molīnum (“mill”), from Latin molō (“to grind”). Compare moulinier.

adjective/mø.nje/

pertaining to milling

Related: sole meunière, ténébrion meunier

Inherited from Middle French meusnier, from Old French meunier, meulnier, munoiere, from Late Latin molīnārius, from molīnum (“mill”), from Latin molō (“to grind”). Compare moulinier.