Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reader"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reader \Read"er\, 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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reader
n 1: a person who enjoys reading
2: someone who contracts to receive and pay for a certain
number of issues of a publication [syn: {subscriber}]
3: a person who can read; a literate person
4: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability
for publication [syn: {reviewer}, {referee}]
5: someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark
corrections [syn: {proofreader}]
6: a public lecturer at certain universities [syn: {lector}, {lecturer}]
7: one of a series of texts for students learning to read
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