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reader

[ ree-der ]

noun

  1. a person who reads.
  2. a schoolbook for instruction and practice in reading.

    a second-grade reader.

  3. a book of collected or assorted writings, especially when related in theme, authorship, or instructive purpose; anthology:

    a Hemingway reader; a sci-fi reader.

  4. a person employed to read and evaluate manuscripts offered for publication.
  5. a proofreader.
  6. a person who reads or recites before an audience; elocutionist.
  7. a person authorized to read the lessons, Bible, etc., in a church service.
  8. a lecturer or instructor, especially in some British universities:

    to be appointed reader in English history.

  9. an assistant to a professor, who grades examinations, papers, etc.
  10. Computers. a device that reads data, programs, or control information from an external storage medium for transmission to main storage. Compare optical character reader.
  11. a machine or device that projects or enlarges a microform image on a screen or other surface for reading.
  12. a playing card marked on its back so that the suit or denomination of the card can be identified.
  13. Library Science. the user of a library; library patron.


reader

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. a person who reads
  2. a person who is fond of reading
    1. at a university, a member of staff having a position between that of a senior lecturer and a professor
    2. a teaching assistant in a faculty who grades papers, examinations, etc, on behalf of a professor
    1. a book that is part of a planned series for those learning to read
    2. a standard textbook, esp for foreign-language learning
  3. a person who reads aloud in public
  4. a person who reads and assesses the merit of manuscripts submitted to a publisher
  5. a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors by comparison with the original copy; proofreader
  6. short for lay reader
  7. Judaism another word for cantor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reader1

before 1000; Middle English reder ( e ), redar ( e ), Old English ǣ. See read 1, -er 1
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Example Sentences

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