Reader
Reader can mean a person who is reading a text, or a basal reader, a book used to teach reading. It may also refer to:
People
Reader Harris (1913-2009), British politician
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
Persons who 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
Reader (Anglican Church)
Reader (academic rank), the British academic rank between senior (or principal) lecturer and professor
Places
Reader, Arkansas
Reader, Illinois
Reader, West Virginia
Newspapers and magazines
The Chicago Reader, a newsweekly
Duzhe (translated Reader(s)), a Chinese magazine
High Plains Reader, an independent weekly tabloid
Los Angeles Reader, a weekly paper, now defunct
The Reader (magazine), a literary quarterly published by the University of Liverpool
The San Diego Reader, a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California
Utne Reader, a periodical
The Weekly Reader, an educational magazine for children
The Reader (newspaper), a weekly newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska
Computing and technology
Adobe Reader
Google Reader
Microsoft Reader
Sony Reader
The e-Reader, by Nintendo
Bible Reader for Palm
screen reader
Other
Reader-response criticism, a primarily German and American literary theory
The Reader, a novel by Bernhard Schlink
The Reader, 2008 movie based on this novel
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
Translation
The word "Reader" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Portuguese.
Translation in French: Lecteur.
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