. A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. an editor who prepares text for publication.
Syn. -- copy editor, text editor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. ] 1. One who reads. Specifically: (a) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church. (b) (University of Oxford, Eng.) One who reads lectures on scientific subjects. Lyell. (c) A proof reader. (d) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who reads much; one who is studious. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of reader. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propagates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. 1. A device for assisting in threading a needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]