Meaning of reader In English

• 0 someone who reads for pleasure, especially a person who reads a lot:

  • He's a great/voracious reader (= reads many books).

  • She's an avid reader of historical novels.

  • We asked our readers to write in and give us their views.

  • She described him as a typical Guardian reader.

• 1 a book containing a simple story that is designed for children who are learning to read or people who are learning a language:

  • There are readers at five different levels, from beginner to upper intermediate.

• 2 a device that helps you to read very small writing, or a machine that can recognize printed material:

  • a microfilm/microfiche reader

  • an optical character reader

• 3 a teacher, at British universities, just under the rank of professor:

  • Alan is a Reader in History at Dublin University.

• 4 a person who reads:

  • Both of my parents were great readers (= they read a lot).

  • The local newspaper welcomes comments from its readers.

• 5 a person who reads, especially someone who reads a particular newspaper, magazine, etc.:

  • a magazine with over 10,000 readers

  • Welcome to all the readers of this blog!

• 6 a piece of equipment or software that can read printed material or electronic data:

  • an optical character reader

  • You can read your corrupt file with our File Reader utility.