Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - reader

~ n 1 someone who reads a particular book, newspaper etc  (At this point in the novel, the reader still does not know the hero's true identity. | a Guardian reader) 2 someone who reads a lot, or reads in a particular way  (an avid reader | Susan isn't much of a reader. (=does not read a lot) | a fast/slow reader)  (I'm not a very fast reader, but I do like novels.) 3 an easy book to help children learn to read, to help people learn a foreign language etc 4 Reader a teacher in a British university who has the rank just below professor  (Reader in Sociology at Bristol)  (- see also mind reader, -see professor)