noun

• A person who reads.
• A person who reads a publication.
• A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
• A proofreader.
• A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
• A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
• (chiefly Britain) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
• Any device that reads something.
• A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
• An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
• A literary anthology.
• A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
• (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
• (in the plural) Reading glasses.
• (slang, gambling, in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.
• (obsolete, slang) A wallet or pocketbook.
• (religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead most services in the Anglican Church
• A surname
• A census-designated place in Nevada County and Ouachita County, Arkansas, United States.
• An unincorporated community in Western Mound Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.
• A census-designated place in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, named after the Reader Run creek.