reader

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Synonyms: render, leader, reaver, reaper, reamer, header, treader, reeder, deader, realer, dreader

Antonyms: render, leader, reaver, reaper, reamer, header, treader, reeder, deader, realer, dreader

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Noun

1. A person who [[read]]s.
2. A person who [[read]]s a publication.
3. A person who [[recite]]s literary works, usually to an audience.
4. A [[proofreader]].
5. {{senseid|en|publishers reader}}<!-- it doesn't work with an apostrophe--> 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. {{lb|en|chiefly|British}} A [[university]] [[lecturer]] ranking below a [[professor]].
8. Any [[device]] that reads something.
9. {{senseid|en|ancillary of textbook}} A [[book]] of [[exercise]]s to accompany a [[textbook]].
10. {{senseid|en|elementary textbook}} An [[elementary]] textbook for those learning to read, in a [[native language]] or a [[foreign language]].
11. A [[literary]] [[anthology]].
12. A [[lay]] or [[minor]] [[cleric]] who reads [[lesson]]s in a [[church]] [[service]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}
2. {{place|en|CDP|co/Nevada County|and|co/Ouachita County|s/Arkansas|c/USA}}.
3. {{place|en|unincorporated community|twp:Suf/Western Mound|co/Macoupin County|s/Illinois|c/USA}}.
4. {{place|en|CDP|co/Wetzel County|s/West Virginia|c/USA}}, named after the Reader Run creek.

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