One who reads. [1913 Webster]

One who reads much; one who is studious. [1913 Webster]

A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

reader, n.
1 a person who reads or is reading.
2 a book of extracts for learning, esp. a language.
3 a device for producing an image that can be read from microfilm etc.
4 Brit. a university lecturer of the highest grade below professor.
5 a publisher's employee who reports on submitted manuscripts.
6 a printer's proof-corrector.
7 a person appointed to read aloud, esp. parts of a service in a church.
8 a person entitled to use a particular library.

Etymology

OE (as READ)

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THESAURUS

reader
Bible clerk, Bible reader, Boanerges, Flexowriter typewriter, Teleplotter, abecedarium, abecedary, achromatic lens, acolyte, acolytus, almoner, alphabet book, alphabetical printer, anagnost, assistant, assistant professor, associate, associate professor, astigmatic lens, battledore, beadle, bedral, burning glass, camera, capitular, capitulary, casebook, chalk talker, choir chaplain, churchwarden, city editor, clerk, coated lens, columnist, concave lens, concavo-convex lens, condenser, convex lens, copy chief, copy editor, copyholder, copyman, copyreader, correspondent, cub reporter, deacon, deaconess, diaconus, diaskeuast, digital graph plotter, discourser, diseur, diseuse, doorkeeper, editor, editorial writer, elder, elderman, elocutioner, elocutionist, emeritus, exercise book, exorcist, exorcista, expositor, expounder, eyeglass, eyepiece, feature editor, foreign correspondent, gazetteer, glass, gradus, grammar, hand lens, hard copy, holy orders, homilist, hornbook, improvisator, improvvisatore, instructor, interviewer, journalist, lay elder, lay reader, leader writer, lector, lecturer, leg man, lens, magnetic recorder, magnetic tape, magnifier, magnifying glass, major orders, managing editor, manual, manual of instruction, meniscus, microcards, microfiche, microfilm, minor orders, news editor, newsman, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, object glass, objective, objective prism, ocular, oscillograph recorder, oscilloscope, ostiarius, own correspondent, paragrapher, paragraphist, parish clerk, praelector, preacher, precentor, presbyter, pressman, priest, primer, printout, prism, professor, professor emeritus, proofreader, publicist, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, punch cards, punched tape, reading glass, readout, recitationist, reciter, recorder, relay register, reporter, retired professor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, ruling elder, sacrist, sacristan, schoolbook, sermoner, sermonist, sermonizer, sexton, shames, sidesman, slotman, sob sister, special correspondent, speller, spelling book, sports editor, subdeacon, subdiaconus, subeditor, succentor, suisse, t, tape reader, teaching elder, telephoto lens, teletypewriter, text, thurifer, toric lens, tutor, varifocal lens, verger, vergeress, visiting professor, war correspondent, workbook, zoom lens

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ROGET THESAURUS

reader

Printing
N printing, block printing, type-printing, plate printing, (engraving), the press, composition, print, letterpress, text, context, note, page, column, typography, stereotype, electrotype, aprotype, type, black letter, font, fount, pi, pie, capitals, brevier, bourgeois, pica boldface, capitals, caps, catchword, composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick, italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype, lower case, upper case, make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work, reglet, roman, running head, running title, scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay, folio, copy, impression, pull, proof, revise, author's proof, galley proof, press proof, press revise, printer, compositor, reader, printer's devil copyholder, printed, in type, typographical, solid in galleys.

Clergy
N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.

Teacher
N teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don, governor, bear leader, governess, duenna, disciplinarian, professor, lecturer, reader, prelector, prolocutor, preacher, chalk talker, khoja, pastor, schoolmaster, dominie, usher, pedagogue, abecedarian, schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher, expositor, preceptor, guide, guru, mentor, pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi, example, professorship, tutelage, professorial, qui doet discet.

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