■ noun
1》 a person who reads.
2》 a person who reports to a publisher on the merits of manuscripts submitted for publication.
3》 ( Reader ) Brit. a university lecturer of the highest grade below professor.
4》 short for lay ~ .
5》 a book containing extracts of a text or texts for teaching purposes.
6》 a device that produces on a screen a readable image from a microfiche or microfilm.
Derivatives
~ly adjective