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sestet (iou) and reader (iou)


sestet (iou)



sestet noun. (pl. -os). E19.
[Italian sestetto, from sesto from Latin sextus a sixth + -etto -ET1. Cf. SEXTET.]
Music. A composition for six voices or instruments. E19.
The last six lines of a sonnet following the octet. M19.

reader (iou)



reader noun. OE.
[from READ verb + -ER1.]
A person who reads or who is able to read, a person who occupies himself or herself in reading, esp. habitually. OE.
H. Acton Himself no reader, he had no objection to her browsing in the well-stocked library. Daily Mirror I disagree with your woman reader who thinks men score over women. M. McCarthy Weep with me, Reader.
b. Ecclesiastical. A person in minor orders in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches who is authorized to read lessons; a lector; Anglican Church (also, now Hist. in the Church of England, lay reader) a lay person authorized to conduct certain Services and perform certain liturgical and pastoral duties. M16.
c. A person who reads and corrects proofs, a proofreader. E19.
d. A person who reads and reports to a publisher or producer on the merits of works offered for publication or plays offered for production. E19.
e. A person officially entitled to use a particular library. L19.
A. Brookner He caught a bus to the Bibliotheque Nationale, presented his reader's ticket, and sat down at one of the desks.
An interpreter of dreams etc. OE-LME.
Orig., a person who reads (and expounds) to pupils or students. Now, in some British universities, (the title of) a lecturer of the highest grade below professor. LME.
a. A pocketbook. Criminals' slang. E18.
b. A marked card. slang. L19.
A book containing passages for instruction or Exercise in reading; an anthology of readings. L18.
A device for obtaining data stored on tape, cards, or Other media (usu. converting the data into coded electrical signals). M20.
optical character reader: see OPTICAL adjective. tape reader: see TAPE noun.
A machine for producing on a screen a magnified, readable image of any desired part of a microfilm etc. M20.
Comb.: reader-aloud a person who reads a literary text etc. aloud, esp. to an audience; reader-printer a reader (sense 7 above) that can also produce enlarged, readable copies.
readerly adjective (a) immediately accessible to a reader, not requiring a commentary or interpretation; (b) of or pertaining to a reader or readers: L20.
readership noun (a) the office of a reader; (b) (with possess. adjective, as
your readership etc.) a mock title of respect given to a reader; (c) the number of readers of a newspaper etc.; such readers considered collectively: M17.