A person who grills food, or a device or apparatus for grilling; a piece of cooking equipment with a heated surface or grate.
From 'grill' plus the agent suffix '-er.' The word can refer to both the person performing the action and the machine that does it. It entered English in the 19th century.
English's versatility shines in words like 'griller'—the same word describes both a chef and a machine, reflecting how we often interchange people and tools that do similar jobs.
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