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Webster 1913 Edition
Reader
Read′er
(rēd′ẽr)
, Noun.
[AS.
rǣdere
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reader
RE'ADER
, n.1.
One that reads; any person who pronounces written words; particularly, one whose office is to read prayers in a church.2.
By way of distinction, one that reads much; one studious in books.Definition 2024
Reader
Reader
See also: reader
English
Noun
Reader (plural Readers)
- (religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead most services in the Anglican Church.
Usage notes
See reader (7) for usage in other denominations. The Anglican usage is the equivalent of lay reader, lay speaker, lay preacher and local preacher in other denominations.
Anagrams
reader
reader
See also: Reader
English
Noun
reader (plural readers)
- A person who reads a publication.
- A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- A proofreader.
- A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 123,
- They were dog-eared by the hands of many a publisher's-reader and postman.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 123,
- (chiefly Britain) A university lecturer below a professor.
- Any device that reads something.
- a card reader, a microfilm reader
- A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
- A literary anthology.
- A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
- A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
Derived terms
- early reader
Translations
person who reads a publication
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