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Roller
Topics referred to by the same term
Roller may refer to:
01Birds
- Roller, a bird of the family Coraciidae
- Roller (pigeon), a domesticated breed or variety of pigeon
02Devices
- Roller, an element of a rolling-element bearing
- Roller, used in rolling (metalworking)
- Roller, in a roller mill, to crush or grind various materials
- Roller, or training surcingle, around a horse's girth
- Roller (agricultural tool), a non-powered tool for flattening ground
- Roller (BEAM), a robot
- Rolling pin, a compacting device used for preparing dough for cooking
- Bicycle rollers, a type of bicycle trainer
- Foam roller, therapeutic exercise device
- Hair roller, used to curl hair
- Paint roller, a paint application tool
- Road roller, a vehicle for compacting
- Steamroller, a form of road roller
03Arts and entertainment
- Bay City Rollers, or the Rollers, a Scottish pop rock band
- "The Roller", a 2011 song by Beady Eye
- "Roller" (Apache 207 song), 2019
- "Roller" (April Wine song), 1978
- Roller (Goblin album), 1976
- Roller, partner of the Optimus Prime character from the Transformers universe
04People with the surname
- Andreas Roller (1805-1891), German painter and theatrical set designer
- Arnold Roller (1878-1956), a pseudonym of Stephen Naft, Austrian writer and anarchist
- Charles Roller (1879-1963), American football player and coach
- A. Clyde Roller (1914-2005), American conductor and music educator
- Duane W. Roller (born 1946), American archaeologist, author, and professor emeritus
- Edeltraud Roller (1957-2020), German political scientist
- Florian Roller (born 1992), German rower
- Gustav Roller (1895-1959), German footballer
- Jochen Roller (born 1971), German choreographer
- Joseph Roller (1929-1998), Luxembourgish footballer
- Kelly Roller, Spanish drag queen
- Kyle Roller (born 1988), American baseball player
- Léon Roller (1928-1993), Luxembourgish boxer
- Margaret Roller (1888-1973), American artist
- Mihail Roller (1908-1958), Romanian communist politician
- Mileva Roller (1886-1949), Austrian painter
- Olivier Roller (born 1972), French photographer
- Philip Roller (born 1994), Thai footballer
- Steve Roller (born 1954), American athlete
- Ulrich Roller (1911-1941), putschist, stage designer and SS guard
- William Roller (1858-1949), English cricketer
05Other uses
- Apache Roller, a blog server written in Java
- Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, or Rollers
- Roller (typeface), originally Iberica, by Carlos Winkow
- Roller printing on textiles
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