1. • noun - a person who enjoys reading
   • noun - someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
   • noun - a person who can read
   • noun - someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
   • noun - someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
   • noun - someone who reads the lessons in a church service
   • noun - a public lecturer at certain universities
   • noun - one of a series of texts for students learning to read
2. • One that reads.
   • One who publicly recites literary works.
   • A person employed by a publisher to read and evaluate manuscripts.
   • One who corrects printers’ proofs; a proofreader.
   • A teaching assistant who reads and grades examination papers.
   • A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a professor.
   • A textbook of reading exercises.
   • An anthology, especially a literary anthology.
   • A layperson or minor cleric who recites lessons or prayers in church services.
3. • adv - to look at so as to take in the meaning of, as something written or printed [v READ, READING, READS] : READABLE [adj], READABLY

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