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A person who reads.

A person who reads a publication.

A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.

A proofreader. +

(publishers reader) A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits. +

A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.

(British) 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 glasses.

(in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.

(slang) A wallet or pocketbook.

At {{w|Eton College}}, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.