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read⋅er

  [ree-der]
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–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, esp. 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, esp. 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 card reader, 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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME reder(e), redar(e), OE rǣdere. See read 1 , -er 1
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optical scanning

 
–noun
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.

Origin:
1955–60
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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read·er   (rē'dər)   
n.  

  1. One that reads.

  2. One who publicly recites literary works.

    1. A person employed by a publisher to read and evaluate manuscripts.

    2. One who corrects printers' proofs; a proofreader.

    3. A textbook of reading exercises.

    4. An anthology, especially a literary anthology.

  4. A teaching assistant who reads and grades examination papers.

  5. Chiefly British A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a professor.

    1. A textbook of reading exercises.

    2. An anthology, especially a literary anthology.

  7. A layperson or minor cleric who recites lessons or prayers in church services.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
reader

  1. n.
    a piece of paper with writing on it; a note; a prescription; an IOU. (Underworld.) : I got a reader for some morphine.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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