Definitions
1.nounA person who reads"an early reader, a talented reader"
2.nounA person who reads a publication."10,000 weekly readers"
3.nounA person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
4.nounA proofreader.
5.nounA person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits
6.nounA university lecturer ranking below a professor.
7.nounAny device that reads something."a card reader, a microfilm reader"
8.nounA book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
9.nounAn elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
10.nounA literary anthology.
11.nounA lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
12.nounA newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
13.noun(in the plural) Reading glasses.
14.noun(in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheats.