reader meaning and definition

READER noun

Definition of reader (noun)

1. a person who enjoys reading
2. someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
   • synonyms: subscriber
3. a person who can read; a literate person
4. someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
   • synonyms: referee, reviewer
5. someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
   • synonyms: proofreader
6. someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
   • synonyms: lector
7. a public lecturer at certain universities
   • synonyms: lector, lecturer
8. one of a series of texts for students learning to read