reader

n.

1. One that reads.
2. One who publicly recites literary works.
3. 1. A person employed by a publisher to read and evaluate manuscripts.
   2. One who corrects printers' proofs; a proofreader.
4. A teaching assistant who reads and grades examination papers.
5. Chiefly British. A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a professor.
6. 1. A textbook of reading exercises.
   2. An anthology, especially a literary anthology.
7. A layperson or minor cleric who recites lessons or prayers in church services.

A machine that captures data for the computer, such as an optical character reader, magnetic card reader and punch card reader. A microfiche or microfilm reader is a self-contained machine that reads film and displays its contents.

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IN BRIEF: n. - One of a series of texts for students; A person who enjoys using books.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. — Amos Bronson Alcott

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - læser, læsehest, læsebog, læseapparat, lektor (univ.), docent (univ.)

Nederlands (Dutch)
lezer, leesapparaat, docent een rang lager dan professor, reader, lector, proeflezer, lid van een bepaald bibliotheek, iemand die de meter leest

Français (French)
n. - (gén) lecteur, (École) livre de lecture, (GB, Univ) chargé de cours, (US, Univ) directeur d'études, recueil de textes, (Électron) lecteur, (Édit) lecteur dans une maison d'édition

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leser, Vorlesender, Dozent, Lesebuch, Lektor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναγνώστης, υφηγητής, αναγνωστικό

Italiano (Italian)
lettore, antologia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - leitor (m)

Русский (Russian)
читатель, хрестоматия, считывающее устройство

Español (Spanish)
n. - lector, libro de lectura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - läsare, textbok, korrekturläsare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
读者, 读物, 读本, 爱好阅读者, 审稿人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 讀者, 讀物, 讀本, 愛好閱讀者, 審稿人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 독자, 원고 판정인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 読む人, 読者, 読書家, 原稿閲読者, 校正係, 検針係, 朗読者, 読師, 読本, 選集

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قارى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקראה, ספר לימוד למתחילים, קורא, מגיה, מרצה‬

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