- reader
- reader [rēd′ər]n.1. a person who reads2. a person appointed or elected to read lessons, prayers, etc. aloud in church: cf. LECTOR3. a person who reads and evaluates manuscripts for a publication4. short for PROOFREADER5. a person who records the readings of meters, etc., as for a public utilities company: in full meter reader6.a) a schoolbook containing stories, poems, etc. for use in teaching how to readb) an anthology or omnibus7. Brit. a university teacher ranking below a professor: approximately equivalent to an associate professor in the U.S.8. an assistant who reads and marks examinations, themes, etc. for a professor☆ 9. a magnifying device for viewing microfilm or microfiche10. one who reads, or interprets, lines in the palm of a hand, tea-leaf patterns, horoscopes, etc., as to predict the future
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.