reader

Noun
Synonyms: subscriberreviewerrefereeproofreaderlectorlecturer

WordNet 3.0

Noun (8)

  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 publicationSynonyms: subscriber
  3. a person who can read; a literate person
  4. someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publicationSynonyms: reviewerreferee
  5. someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark correctionsSynonyms: proofreader
  6. someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic ChurchSynonyms: lector
  7. a public lecturer at certain universitiesSynonyms: lectorlecturer
  8. one of a series of texts for students learning to read
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Reader \Read"er\ (r[=e]d"[~e]r), 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. [1913 Webster]

2.One who reads much; one who is studious. [1913 Webster]

3.A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book. [1913 Webster]

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