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• a reader: a person who is reading a text.

• A family name:
  • Colin Reader, English geologist
  • Eddi Reader, Scottish singer
  • Francis Reader (born 1965) , Scottish musician
  • Ralph Reader (1903-1982), British director and producer, famous for originating the Gang Show in Scouting
  • Ted Reader, a well renowned Canadian chef

• A person whose job or role is to read:
  • A publisher's reader, also called a first reader
  • Historically, a person who entertained cigar factory workers by reading books or newspapers aloud, also known as a lector; see cigar manufacture
  • Reader (liturgy), someone charged with reading Scripture in church (also called a Lector)
  • Reader (Christian Science Church), a person who conducts services in a Christian Science church, also called a First Reader or Second Reader
  • In the Anglican Church, a Reader is a person appointed to conduct services other than Holy Communion in the Church of England; (equivalent to lay reader in Episcopal Churches).
  • Reader (academic rank), the British academic rank between senior (or principal) lecturer and professor

• A place:
  • Reader, Arkansas
  • Reader, Illinois
  • Reader, West Virginia

• Various newspapers and magazines, including:
  • The Chicago Reader, a newsweekly
  • Los Angeles Reader, a weekly paper, now defunct
  • High Plains Reader, an independent weekly tabloid
  • The Reader (Omaha weekly), an alternative weekly newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska
  • The Reader (magazine), a literary quarterly published by the University of Liverpool
  • The San Diego Reader, a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California
  • The Weekly Reader, an educational magazine for children
  • Utne Reader, a periodical

• In computing/technology, devices or programs such as:
  • Adobe Reader
  • Google Reader
  • Microsoft Reader
  • Sony Reader
  • The e-Reader, by Nintendo
  • Bible Reader for Palm
  • screen reader

Other meanings: Colin Reader is an English geologist with an interest in Ancient Egypt and is also secretary of The Manchester Ancient Egypt Society. ... Eddi Reader is a Scottish singer, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for her solo career. ... Lead Singer of the Trashcan Sinatras, sister is Eddi Reader - vocalist for Fairground Attraction ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... Ted Reader is a Canadian chef and author of several cookbooks who is most well known in his current role as host of the television show King of the Q. A native of Paris, Ontario and a graduate of George Brown College’s Culinary Management Program, Ted credits his mother... A publishers reader or first reader is a person paid by a publisher or book club to read manuscripts from the slushpile, and to advise their employers as to quality and marketability of the work. ... For other uses, see Cigar (disambiguation). ... In some Christian churches, the Reader is responsible for reading aloud excerpts of the scripture at a liturgy. ... The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. ... In the academic hierarchy in the United Kingdom and some universities in Australia and New Zealand, Reader is the rank between senior lecturer (or principal lecturer in the New Universities) and professor. ... Reader is a town located in Ouachita and Nevada counties in Arkansas. ... Reader is an unincorporated community located in Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA. It was named either for Benjamin Reader who traded a bay mare and a ten gallon copper kettle for the land, or for Jacob Reader. ... The Chicago Reader is an alternative newsweekly in Chicago, Illinois. ... Los Angeles Reader was a weekly paper established in 1978 and distributed in Los Angeles, USA. It followed the format of the (still active) Chicago Reader. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The Reader issue 20 The Reader is a literary magazine published quarterly by the University of Liverpools School of English since spring 1997. ... The San Diego Reader is the largest alternative press paper in the county of San Diego, distributed gratis in stands and private businesses throughout the county, funded by advertisements. ... Weekly Reader (WR for short) is a weekly educational magazine for children that discusses global and domestic issues. ... The Utne Reader is a periodical founded in 1984 by Eric Utne. ... Adobe Acrobat Reader running on Debian Adobe Acrobat was the first software to support Adobe Systems Portable Document Format. ... Google Reader is a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds. ... Microsoft Reader is a Microsoft program for reading of e-books. ... The Sony PRS-500 Reader is an e-book reader for the U.S. market. ... This article is about the Nintendo device. ... Bible Reader for Palm is a application for Palm OS 3. ... A screen reader is a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen. ...

• Reader-response criticism, a primarily German and American literary theory
• The Reader, a novel by Bernhard Schlink
• A basal reader, a textbook used in reading education:
  • McGuffey Readers, examples of these
• An anthology: a book of different pieces of writing, often by many authors, for example:
  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
• Plate reader (or microplate reader), a laboratory instrument

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