reader

Noun

1. A person who reads.
   • an early reader, a talented reader
2. A person who reads a publication.
   • 10,000 weekly readers
   • In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.” - 2018 July 13, Jaime Marie...
3. A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
4. A proofreader.

   Synonyms: proofreader printer's reader

5. A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
   • They were dog-eared by the hands of many a publisher's-reader and postman. - 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 123:

   Synonyms: publisher's reader first reader

6. A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
   • "I am commissioned by the Queen to offer you the place of Italian reader; and I assure you the offer was made with many kind expressions of interest. You will enter upon the duties, which are almost nominal,...
7. A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
8. Any device that reads something.
   • a card reader, a microfilm reader
   • The reMarkable PDF reader is really targeted at the digital writing market, rather than the digital reading market, though most serious e-readers support pens for annotations and signatures. - 2019 June 27, Jack...
   • A quick search on Kaiser's website, there was nothing that talked about plate readers or a usage policy. - 2023 December 1, Da Lin, “Privacy advocates accuse Kaiser of not following state law on license plate readers”,...
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.
    • A good bedtime reader should entertain and delight, and that's what I find in Girard Kent's The Boy Harleqin ^([sic]) and Other Stories. - 1981 December 1, Thomas Hopkinson, “Streetboy Dreams; The Boy Harlequin and...
12. A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.