reader

English

/ˈɹidɚ/, /ˈɹiːdə/

noun
Definitions
  • A person who reads
  • A person who reads a publication.
  • A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
  • A proofreader.
  • A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits
  • (chiefly) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
  • Any device that reads something.
  • A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
  • An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
  • A literary anthology.
  • A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
  • (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
  • (in the plural) reading Reading glasses.
  • (slang) Marked playing cards used by cheats.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English reder inherited from Old English rēdere inherited from *rādāri affix from English read.

Origin

English

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