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read·er

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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 read¹, -er¹

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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.

Compare optical character recognition.

[Origin: 1955–60

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read·er Audio Help (rē'dər) Pronunciation Key
n.

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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reader
noun
1.	a person who enjoys reading
2.	someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication [syn: subscriber]
3.	a person who can read; a literate person
4.	someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication [syn: reviewer]
5.	someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections [syn: proofreader]
6.	someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: lector]
7.	a public lecturer at certain universities [syn: lector]
8.	one of a series of texts for students learning to read

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈreader1 noun

a person who reads books, magazines etc
Example: He's a keen reader.

Arabic:	قارئ
Chinese (Simplified):	读者
Chinese (Traditional):	讀者
Czech:	čtenář, ka
Danish:	læser
Dutch:	lezer
Estonian:	lugeja
Finnish:	lukija
French:	lecteur, trice
German:	der, die Leserin
Greek:	αναγνώστης
Hungarian:	olvasó
Icelandic:	lesandi
Indonesian:	pembaca
Italian:	lettore, lettrice

Japanese:	読者
Korean:	독서가, 독자
Latvian:	lasītājs
Lithuanian:	skaitytojas
Norwegian:	leser
Polish:	czytelnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	leitor
Portuguese (Portugal):	leitor
Romanian:	cititor
Russian:	читатель
Slovak:	čitateľ, ka
Slovenian:	bralec
Spanish:	lector
Swedish:	läsare
Turkish:	okuyan kimse

ˈreader2 noun

a person who reads a particular newspaper, magazine etc
Example: The editor asked readers to write to him with their opinions.

Arabic:	أحد القُرّاء
Chinese (Simplified):	读者
Chinese (Traditional):	讀者
Czech:	čtenář, ka
Danish:	læser
Dutch:	lezer
Estonian:	lugeja
Finnish:	lukija
French:	lecteur, trice
German:	der, die Leserin
Greek:	αναγνώστης
Hungarian:	olvasó
Icelandic:	lesandi
Indonesian:	pembaca
Italian:	lettore, lettrice

Japanese:	読者
Korean:	독자, 구독자, 애독자
Latvian:	lasītājs
Lithuanian:	skaitytojas
Norwegian:	leser
Polish:	czytelnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	leitor
Portuguese (Portugal):	leitor
Romanian:	cititor
Russian:	читатель
Slovak:	čitateľ, ka
Slovenian:	bralec
Spanish:	lector
Swedish:	läsare
Turkish:	okuyucu

ˈreader3 noun

a reading-book, especially for children or for learners of a foreign language
Example: a Latin reader

Arabic:	كِتاب قِراءَه
Chinese (Simplified):	读本
Chinese (Traditional):	讀本
Czech:	čítanka
Danish:	læsebog; lærebog
Dutch:	leesboek
Estonian:	õpik
Finnish:	lukukirja
French:	livre de lecture
German:	das Lesebuch
Greek:	αναγνωστικό
Hungarian:	olvasókönyv
Icelandic:	lestrarbók
Indonesian:	buku bacaan
Italian:	libro di lettura

Japanese:	読本
Korean:	독본
Latvian:	lasāmgrāmata; mācību grāmata
Lithuanian:	skaitiniai, skaitymai
Norwegian:	lesebok
Polish:	wypisy, czytanki
Portuguese (Brazil):	livro de leitura
Portuguese (Portugal):	livro de leitura
Romanian:	curs, ghid pentru începători
Russian:	хрестоматия
Slovak:	čítanka
Slovenian:	berilo
Spanish:	libro de lectura
Swedish:	läsebok, textbok
Turkish:	okuma kitabı

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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

Reader, WV Zip code(s): 26167

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Reader

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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