reader
English
/ˈɹidɚ/, /ˈɹiːdə/
noun
Definitions
- A person who reads
- A person who reads a publication.
- A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- A proofreader.
- A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits
- (chiefly) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- Any device that reads something.
- A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
- An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
- A literary anthology.
- A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
- (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
- (in the plural) reading Reading glasses.
- (slang) Marked playing cards used by cheats.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English reder inherited from Old English rēdere inherited from *rādāri affix from English read.
Origin
English
read
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aread English
- arread English
- backread English
- beread English
- board English
- copy English
- copyread English
- copyreader English
- counterread English
- counterreader English
- e-reader English
- feed English
- feedreader English
- foreread English
- half-read English
- hyperreader English
- interreader English
- intrareader English
- lip English
- lipread English
- lipreader English
- megaread English
- microreader English
- mindread English
- misread English
- multiread English
- must-read English
- news English
- newsreader English
- newsreaderess English
- nonreader English
- outread English
- overread English
- play English
- playreader English
- preread English
- proofread English
- read English
- read-only English
- readable English
- readahead English
- readaholic English
- readback English
- readee English
- readerboard English
- readerdom English
- readeress English
- readerless English
- readerlessness English
- readerly English
- readership English
- readest English
- reading English
- readme English
- readograph English
- readout English
- readtable English
- readthrough English
- readworthy English
- reread English
- score English
- scorereader English
- screen English
- screen reader English
- sight English
- sight-reader English
- speedread English
- stall English
- stall-reader English
- subread English
- subreader English
- underread English
- unread English
- unreadability English
- unreaderly English
- rēdere Old English
- reden Middle English
- reder Middle English
- *rādāri gmw-pro
- ridim Tok Pisin
- ridim Bislama
- lip
- read
- news
- feed
- play
- copy
- stall
- sight
- score
- board
- aread
- unread
- beread
- reread
- arread
- readee
- screen
- readme
- readout
- reading
- lipread
- subread
- readest
- preread
- outread
- misread
- backread
- readback
- mindread
- e-reader
- readerly
- megaread
- copyread
- overread
- readable
- foreread
- multiread
- nonreader
- readerdom
- subreader
- lipreader
- half-read
- readeress
- must-read
- underread
- read-only
- proofread
- speedread
- readahead
- readtable
- readworthy
- readaholic
- readerless
- readership
- copyreader
- readograph
- feedreader
- unreaderly
- newsreader
- playreader
- counterread
- microreader
- readerboard
- intrareader
- readthrough
- interreader
- hyperreader
- scorereader
- sight-reader
- stall-reader
- counterreader
- newsreaderess
- screen reader
- unreadability
- readerlessness