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磨坊主 [mò fáng zhǔ]: This appears to mean a mill or milling machine. Is there a word for the person who grinds grain into flour? In English the word is miller.

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磨坊主 [mò fáng zhǔ]: This appears to mean a mill or milling machine. Is there a word for the person who grinds grain into flour? In English the word is miller.

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nooblin | Lv8 | Answer Date：2009.07.04 17:24 (0) | (0)

磨坊主 means the owner of the gristmill.
磨坊 means the gristmill, the mill, the mill factory; 主 means the owner(主zhu3 人ren2) the person who master this mill. 磨坊主 maybe grinds grain into flour by his/herself, or let his/her worker to to that job.

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