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Pistor
Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin ''pistor'' meaning miller or baker) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch Bakker or the German Becker (other), Becker and German Müller (other), Müller. Notable people with the surname include: Pistorius * Boris Pistorius (born 1960), German politician *Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria * Caren Pistorius, South African actress * Charlotte Pistorius (1777–1850), German poet * , German artist * Hermann Andreas Pistorius (1730–1798), German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and philosopher * Johannes Pistorius (other), several people * Martin Pistorius, South African web designer and author * Micki Pistorius, South African forensic psychologist and author * Oscar Pistorius (born 1986), South African double-amputee athlete and convicted murderer Pistor * Johann Jakob Pistor, 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army * Ludger Pistor (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miller
A miller is a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a grain (for example corn or wheat) to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalents in other languages around the world (" Melnyk" in Russian, Belarusian & Ukrainian, " Meunier" in French, "Müller" or " Mueller" in German, " Mulder" and " Molenaar" in Dutch, "Molnár" in Hungarian, " Molinero" in Spanish, "Molinaro" or "Molinari" in Italian, "Mlinar" in South Slavic languages etc.). Milling existed in hunter-gatherer communities, and later millers were important to the development of agriculture. The materials ground by millers are often foodstuffs and particularly grain. The physical grinding of the food allows for the easier digestion of its nutrients and saves wear on the teeth. Non-food substances needed in a fine, powdered form, such as building materials, may be processed by a miller. Quern-stone Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |