Definition of "reader" in Englisch

noun

1. A person who reads.

   • an early reader, a talented reader

2. A person who reads a publication.

   • 10,000 weekly readers

3. A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.

4. A proofreader.

5. A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.

6. A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.

7. (chiefly British) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.

8. Any device that reads something.

   • a card reader, a microfilm reader

9. A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.

10. An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.

    • Appletons’ School Readers

11. A literary anthology.

12. A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.

13. (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.

14. (in the plural) Reading glasses.

15. (slang, gambling, in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.

16. (obsolete, slang) A wallet or pocketbook.

17. At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.