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reader (n.)

Old English rædere "person who reads aloud to others; lector; scholar; diviner, interpreter," agent noun from rædan (see read (v.)). Compare Dutch rader "adviser," Old High German ratari "counselor." Old English fem. form was rædistre.

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Definitions of reader from WordNet

reader (n.)
a person who enjoys reading;
reader (n.)
someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication;
Synonyms: subscriber
reader (n.)
a person who can read; a literate person;
reader (n.)
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication;
Synonyms: reviewer / referee
reader (n.)
someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections;
Synonyms: proofreader
reader (n.)
someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church;
Synonyms: lector
reader (n.)
a public lecturer at certain universities;
Synonyms: lector / lecturer
reader (n.)
one of a series of texts for students learning to read;
From wordnet.princeton.edu