reader : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reader	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for reader
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reader n a person who enjoys reading someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication Synonym(s): subscriber, reader a person who can read; a literate person someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication Synonym(s): reviewer, referee, reader someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections Synonym(s): proofreader, reader someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church Synonym(s): lector, reader a public lecturer at certain universities Synonym(s): lector, lecturer, reader one of a series of texts for students learning to read
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reader \Read"er\, n. [AS. r[aemac]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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Reader, AR (town, FIPS 58400) Location: 33.75179 N, 93.10122 W Population (1990): 56 (39 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71726 Reader, WV Zip code(s): 26167