reader
a person who enjoys reading
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,773 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,237 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person who enjoys reading
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication also: subscriber
- a person who can read; a literate person
- someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication also: reviewer, referee
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections also: proofreader
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church also: lector
reader in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But the reader must imagine the scene.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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Much more might be added, but I would not tire the reader.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1
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The English reader who sets it against Dryden's closer version will sense immediately its greater weight.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1
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But it used to be in my school reader when I was a little boy, and I liked it very much.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels · Howard Roger Garis · Chapter 1
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You can philosophize, gentle reader, upon the impropriety of such unions, and preach dozens of sermons on the evils of amalgamation.
Our Nig · Harriet E. Wilson · Chapter 1