miler

Etymology

mile + -er

noun

  1. (sports, often in combination) 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
  2. (in combination) A race whose length is the specified number of miles.
    I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.

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