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reader

/ˈɹidə/REE-dur
/ˈɹidɚ/REE-dur

Meaningone who reads

Common meaning: a person who reads

Other meanings: a reading book

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*radh-‘assist, advise, interpret, read’source
  2. Old Englishrédan‘to discern, advise, read’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishredensource
  4. Englishread‘to look at and understand writing’
  5. Englishformed in English from readreader‘a person who reads’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from read + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RADH, p.493 · scan

Source words

  • rédan Old English · source word “to discern, to advise”

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