reader

noun

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Forms

  • singular : reader
  • plural : readers
  • singular possessive : reader's
  • plural possessive : readers'

Senses

  • person who is reading/read/has read a text
  • one appointed to read to others: such as (1) lector (2) one chosen to read aloud selected material in a Christian Science church or society
  • proofreader
  • one who evaluates manuscripts
  • one who reads periodical literature to discover items of special interest or value
  • an employee who reads and records the indications of meters
  • a teacher's assistant who reads and marks student papers
  • (British) one who reads lectures or expounds subjects to students
  • a device for projecting a readable image of a transparency
  • an electronic device that scans coded information (as on punch cards or bar codes) for storage or computation
  • a book for instruction and practice especially in reading
  • anthology
  • (plural) eyeglasses used for reading or close work; reading glasses