: one that distills especially alcoholic liquors

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Each botanical is distilled separately before being blended together, a production technique that master distiller Steve Wilson has said was inspired by perfume (the design of the bottle follows suit). — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026 Ramsey acknowledged that moonshine posed genuine health risks in earlier generations, particularly when distillers unknowingly used dangerous materials to build their equipment. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Both OpenAI and Anthropic have warned that the distillers’ methods will only get more sophisticated, given how valuable distillation can be. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 Catoctin Creek was founded in 2009 by Becky Harris, a chemical engineer turned distiller, and her husband, Scott, who left a government IT career to run their sales and marketing. — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for distiller

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First Known Use

1562, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of distiller was in 1562

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“Distiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distiller. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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distiller

noun
: one that distills especially alcoholic liquors
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