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Definitions for Reader

[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.
[14] the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
[15] a person who reads
[16] a person who is fond of reading
[17] mainly British at a university, a member of staff having a position between that of a senior lecturer and a professor US a teaching assistant in a faculty who grades papers, examinations, etc, on behalf of a professor
[18] a book that is part of a planned series for those learning to read a standard textbook, esp for foreign-language learning
[19] a person who reads aloud in public
[20] a person who reads and assesses the merit of manuscripts submitted to a publisher
[21] a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors by comparison with the original copy; proofreader
[22] short for lay reader
[23] Judaism , mainly British another word for cantor (def. 1)

Words related to Reader

bookworm, proofreader, bibliophile, editor, lecturer, announcer, rhetorician, reciter, lector, monologist, elocutionist, browser, user, student, scholar, anthology, primer, bibliomaniac, soliloquist, peruser

Words nearby Reader

read/write head, readability, readable, readdress, reade, reader, readership, readies, readily, readiness, reading

Origin of Reader

optical scanningFirst recorded in 1955–60

Other words from Reader

non·read·er , noun
sub·read·er , noun
un·der·read·er , noun

Synonyms for Reader

bibliophile, bookworm, editor, proofreader, bibliomaniac, book reviewer, literary critic