READER

In general speech, the word 'reader' refers to anyone who reads. (For example, in discusussing a written text, one might speak of the intended emotion to be instilled in "the reader.") Conversely, it could refer to a regular publication to which multiple people contribute (see reader (book)). It may also mean one the following:

★ A person:

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★ Colin Reader, English geologist

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★ Eddi Reader, Scottish singer

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★ Francis Reader (born 1965) , Scottish musician

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★ Ralph Reader (1903-1982), British director and producer, famous for originating the Gang Show in Scouting

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★ Historically, a person who entertained cigar factory workers by reading books or newspapers aloud, also known as a ''lector''; see cigar manufacture

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★ Korin D. Smith, Commonly known or referred to as "Reader"

★ A place:

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★ Reader, Arkansas

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★ Reader, Illinois

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★ Reader, West Virginia

★ Various newspapers and magazines, including:

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★ ''The Chicago Reader'', a newsweekly

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★ ''Los Angeles Reader'', a weekly paper, now defunct

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★ ''High Plains Reader'', an independent weekly tabloid

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★ ''The Reader (Omaha weekly)'', an alternative weekly newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska

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★ ''The Reader (magazine)'', a literary quarterly published by the University of Liverpool

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★ ''The San Diego Reader'', a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California

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★ ''The Weekly Reader'', an educational magazine for children

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★ ''Utne Reader'', a periodical

★ In computing/technology, devices or programs such as:

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★ Adobe Reader

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★ Google Reader

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★ Microsoft Reader

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★ Sony Reader

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★ The e-Reader, by Nintendo

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★ Bible Reader for Palm

★ Reader (liturgy), someone charged with reading Scripture in church (also called a Lector)

★ Reader (academic rank), the British academic rank between senior (or principal) lecturer and professor

★ Reader-response criticism, a primarily German and American literary theory

★ ''The Reader'', a novel by Bernhard Schlink

★ Basal reader, textbooks used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren:

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★ McGuffey Readers, examples of these

★ Reader (book), a book of different pieces of writing, often by many authors, for example:

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★ ''Uncle John's Bathroom Reader''

★ Plate reader (or microplate reader), a laboratory instrument