A person who reads or who is fond of reading. She is an avid reader who finishes a book every week.
A hardware device or software application that reads data from a storage medium or file format. I installed a new PDF reader on my laptop.
A book containing a selection of texts for students to read. The English reader included a variety of short stories and poems.
A person who reads and evaluates manuscripts for a publisher. The reader recommended several changes to the manuscript before it was published.
A university lecturer, especially one ranking below a professor. He was appointed as a reader in the history department at the university.
A person who reads text aloud to an audience or another person, especially as a job or regular role. The reader recited the poem to the assembled guests.