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        a
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : one that reads                                      
                
                    
        b
    
                      
                                          
              
          
                                                      : one appointed to read to others: such as                                      
                
                    
        (1)
    
                
                                          
              
          
                                                      : lector                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : one chosen to read aloud selected material in a Christian Science church or society                                      
                
                    
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        (2)
    
                
                                          
              
          
                                                      : one who evaluates manuscripts                                      
                
                    
        (3)
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : one who reads periodical literature to discover items of special interest or value                                      
                
                    
        d
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : an employee who reads and records the indications of meters                                      
                
                    
        e
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : a teacher's assistant who reads and marks student papers                                      
                
                    
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                                British 
                                  
              
          
                                                      : one who reads lectures or expounds subjects to students                                      
                
                    
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        a
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : a device for projecting a readable image of a transparency                                      
                
                    
        b
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : an electronic device that scans coded information (as on punch cards or bar codes) for storage or computation                                      
                
                    
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                                readers  plural                                  
              
          
                                                      : eyeglasses used for reading or close work : reading glasses                                      
              
                             
Gilda came back with a pair of readers and, looking through her glasses, gave my eyelids serious consideration.— Jeanne Ray
Jeanne Ray
                         
                
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