Reader

Reader (plural Readers)

1. (religion) A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead most services in the Anglican Church

See reader (7) for usage in other denominations. The Anglican usage is the equivalent of lay reader, lay speaker, lay preacher and local preacher in other denominations.

• Readership

Reader

1. A surname
2. A census-designated place in Nevada County and Ouachita County, Arkansas, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Western Mound Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.
4. A census-designated place in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, named after the Reader Run creek.

• dearer, re-read, reared, reread