"miler" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mile + -er.",
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          "ref": "1905, E.W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night:",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, Through the Magic Door:",
          "text": "The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.",
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        {
          "ref": "1972 January 28, “Sports of The Times”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles."
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        "(sports, often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles."
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          "word": "maileri"
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          "text": "I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.",
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          "ref": "1993 November 11, Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr., “NEW YORK CITY MARATHON; An American Sets Her Sights High”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 July 15, Gerri Hirshey, “Sisterhood of the Walking Shoe”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2010 March 3, Gina Kolata, “Winter Training: Faster and Safer Indoors?”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.”",
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        "A race whose length is the specified number of miles."
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        "(in combination) A race whose length is the specified number of miles."
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          "ref": "1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, Through the Magic Door:",
          "text": "The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.",
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          "ref": "1972 January 28, “Sports of The Times”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2007 July 15, Gerri Hirshey, “Sisterhood of the Walking Shoe”, in The New York Times:",
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        },
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          "ref": "2010 March 3, Gina Kolata, “Winter Training: Faster and Safer Indoors?”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.”",
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