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readership

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read⋅er⋅ship

  [ree-der-ship]
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–noun
1. the people who read or are thought to read a particular book, newspaper, magazine, etc.: The periodical has a dwindling readership.
2. the duty, status, or profession of a reader.
3. (esp. in British universities) the position of instructor or lecturer.
4. the state or quality of being a reader: appealing to a higher level of readership.
Origin:
1710–20; reader + -ship
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read·er·ship   (rē'dər-shĭp')   
n.  

  1. The readers of a publication considered as a group.

  2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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