Meanings
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noun
a person who makes distilled spirits or purifies liquids by distillation
The distiller monitored the temperature as the first spirit left the still.
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2
noun
a company or business that produces distilled alcoholic drinks
The local distiller ages its whiskey in charred oak barrels.
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3
noun
an apparatus that separates or purifies substances by distillation
The laboratory distiller condensed the vapor into a clean receiving flask.
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Etymology
Formed from distill + the agent or instrument suffix -er. Distill came through French from Latin destillare, 'to drip down,' from de-, 'down,' and stillare, 'to drip.' Distiller can therefore name the operator, the business, or the apparatus that performs the process.