Synonyms for reader

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ree-der

Phonetic Transcription : ˈri dər

Définition of reader

Origin : Old English rædere "person who reads aloud to others; lector; scholar; diviner, interpreter," agent noun from rædan (see read (v.)). Cf. Dutch rader "adviser," Old High German ratari "counselor." Old English fem. form was rædistre.

noun one who reads habitually
noun one who makes a profession of reading aloud
noun anyone admitted to a library
noun person who reads

Example sentences :

The consonants were reproduced but the reader was forced to guess at the vowels.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

But we forget that the reader has not yet been made acquainted with the guest.
Extract from : « A Select Party (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

What that truth may be, we leave to the intelligence of the reader to divine.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

One purpose of this introduction is to prepare the reader for such a shock.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The youth vanishes; no reader can find a trace of him, or even an allusion to him.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Again and again the reader asks himself why Iago is so venomous.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

It is for the reader to say whether Shakespeare blurred the picture, or bettered it.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

For further information the reader is referred to other writers.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

To a reader the mere mention of a book brings up recollections.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

And, for his history, let not the reader apprehend an empty repetition of ding-dong-bell.
Extract from : « A Bell's Biography » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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