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reader

rea·der

UK/ˈɹiː.də/ US/ˈɹi.dɚ/ fairly common slang uk

noun

1.

a person who enjoys reading

2.

someone who contracts to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication

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3.

a person who can read; a literate person

4.

someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication

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5.

someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections

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6.

someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

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7.

a public lecturer at certain universities

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8.

one of a series of texts for students learning to read

Origin

From Middle English reder, redar, redere, redare, from Old English rēdere, rǣdere (“a reader; scholar; diviner”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādāri, equivalent to read + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Räider (“advisor”), Dutch rader (“advisor”), German Rater (“advisor”).

Phrases

  • exercise for the reader
  • reader copy

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