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Added 8 October 2026

reader

/ˈɹi.dɚ/ noun

In Latin: lector, lectrix Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about reader at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person who enjoys reading.
Someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication.
A person who can read; a literate person.

Origin

From Middle English reder, redar, redere, redare, from Old English rēdere, rǣdere (“a reader; scholar; diviner”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādāri, equivalent to read + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Räider (“advisor”), Dutch rader (“advisor”), German Rater (“advisor”).

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