reader

read|er [ `ridər ] noun count ***

▸ 1 someone who reads

▸ 2 electronic equipment

▸ 3 book for learning

▸ 4 teacher at university

▸ 5 lay reader in church

1. ) someone who reads, especially someone who reads a particular newspaper, book, or magazine:

The books provide the reader with an introduction to natural history.

Readers of our magazine will be familiar with her column.

a ) someone who reads, especially books:

I am an avid reader of detective novels.

b ) someone who reads in a particular way or with a particular level of skill:

a special program for slow readers

2. ) a piece of electronic equipment that reads information from plastic cards, tapes, etc.:

Swipe the customer's card through the reader.

a bar-code reader

3. ) a book containing simple pieces of writing, exercises etc., used by people who are learning to read or learning a language

4. ) someone who teaches in a university in the U.K. with a position just below that of a PROFESSOR

5. ) a LAY READER in a Christian church

=> MIND READER