. A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. an editor who prepares text for publication.
n. One who spreads abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who fears, or lives in fear. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Eccl.) A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ AS. r&aemacr_;dere. ]
n. The office of reader. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Law) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. [ Eng. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]