a schoolbook for instruction and practice in reading: a second-grade reader.
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a book of collected or assorted writings, esp. when related in theme, authorship, or instructive purpose; anthology: a Hemingway reader; a sci-fi reader.
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a person employed to read and evaluate manuscripts offered for publication.
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a proofreader.
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a person who reads or recites before an audience; elocutionist.
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a person authorized to read the lessons, Bible, etc., in a church service.
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a lecturer or instructor, esp. in some British universities: to be appointed reader in English history.
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an assistant to a professor, who grades examinations, papers, etc.
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Computers. a device that reads data, programs, or control information from an external storage medium for transmission to main storage. Compare card reader, optical character reader.
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a machine or device that projects or enlarges a microform image on a screen or other surface for reading.
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a playing card marked on its back so that the suit or denomination of the card can be identified.
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Library Science. the user of a library; library patron.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME reder(e), redar(e), OE rǣdere.See read1, -er1]
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.
Reader, AR (town, FIPS 58400) Location: 33.75179 N, 93.10122 W Population (1990): 56 (39 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71726
Read"er\, n. [AS. r[=ae]dere.]1. One who reads. Specifically: (a) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church. (b) (University of Oxford, Eng.) One who reads lectures on scientific subjects. --Lyell. (c) A proof reader. (d) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit. 2. One who reads much; one who is studious. 3. A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.
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