reader
a book of collected or assorted writings, especially when related in theme, authorship, or instructive purpose; anthology: a Hemingway reader; a sci-fi reader.
a person employed to read and evaluate manuscripts offered for publication.
a proofreader.
a person who reads or recites before an audience; elocutionist.
a person authorized to read the lessons, Bible, etc., in a church service.
a lecturer or instructor, especially in some British universities: to be appointed reader in English history.
an assistant to a professor, who grades examinations, papers, etc.
Computers. a device that reads data, programs, or control information from an external storage medium for transmission to main storage.: Compare optical character reader.
a machine or device that projects or enlarges a microform image on a screen or other surface for reading.
a playing card marked on its back so that the suit or denomination of the card can be identified.
Library Science. the user of a library; library patron.
Origin of reader
1Other words from reader
- non·read·er, noun
- sub·read·er, noun
- un·der·read·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for reader
/ (ˈriːdə) /
a person who reads
a person who is fond of reading
mainly British at a university, a member of staff having a position between that of a senior lecturer and a professor
US a teaching assistant in a faculty who grades papers, examinations, etc, on behalf of a professor
a book that is part of a planned series for those learning to read
a standard textbook, esp for foreign-language learning
a person who reads aloud in public
a person who reads and assesses the merit of manuscripts submitted to a publisher
a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors by comparison with the original copy; proofreader
short for lay reader
Judaism, mainly British another word for cantor (def. 1)
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