| Reader | |
| 1. n. (religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead most services in the Anglican Church | |
| 2. n. A person who reads a publication. | |
| 3. n. A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience. | |
| 4. n. A proofreader. | |
| 5. n. A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits | |
| 6. n. (chiefly British) A university lecturer below a professor. | |
| 7. n. Any device that reads something. | |
| a card reader, a microfilm reader | |
| 8. n. A book of exercises to accompany a textbook. | |
| 9. n. An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages. | |
| 10. n. A literary anthology. | |
| 11. n. A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service. | |
| 12. n. A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation. | |
