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read⋅er

[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, 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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read·er (rē'dər)

One that reads.
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.
A teaching assistant who reads and grades examination papers.
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.
A layperson or minor cleric who recites lessons or prayers in church services.

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