<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who reads.</li><li>a schoolbook for instruction and practice in reading.</li><li>a second-grade reader.</li><li>a book of collected or assorted writings, especially when related in theme, authorship, or instructive purpose; anthology: a Hemingway reader; a sci-fi reader.</li><li>a person employed to read and evaluate manuscripts offered for publication.</li><li>a proofreader.</li><li>a person who reads or recites before an audience; elocutionist.</li><li>a person authorized to read the lessons, Bible, etc., in a church service.</li><li>a lecturer or instructor, especially in some British universities: to be appointed reader in English history.</li><li>an assistant to a professor, who grades examinations, papers, etc.</li><li>(Computers) a device that reads data, programs, or control information from an external storage medium for transmission to main storage.</li><li>Compare optical character reader.</li><li>a machine or device that projects or enlarges a microform image on a screen or other surface for reading.</li><li>a playing card marked on its back so that the suit or denomination of the card can be identified.</li><li>Library Science: the user of a library; library patron.</li></ul>