n. 1. A person who reads aloud certain of the scriptural passages used in a church service. 2. A public lecturer or reader in certain universities. [Middle English, from Late Latin lēctor, from Latin, reader, from lēctus, past participle of legere, to read; see LECTURE.] |
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