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reader

  • noun
  • /ˈɹidɚ/

A person who reads.

Example

“an early reader, a talented reader”

Other meanings

  1. A person who reads a publication.

    “10,000 weekly readers”

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

Example sentences

  • “The proof is left as an exercise to the reader.”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

Word history

From Old English "rēdere".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “reader” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.