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Reader

One who reads.

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Narrower term 3

Bookworm 76% connected

Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

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Decipherer 76% connected

One who deciphers.

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Skimmer 76% connected

One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.

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Broader term 13

Client 76% connected

A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

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Critic 76% connected

One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc.…

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Customer 76% connected

One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.

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Educator 76% connected

One who educates; a teacher.

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Literate 76% connected

Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Pedagog 76% connected

Pedagogue.

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Pedagogue 76% connected

A slave who led his master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.

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Printer 76% connected

One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman.

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Reverend 76% connected

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

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Scholar 76% connected

One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

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Schoolbook 76% connected

A book used in schools for learning lessons.

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Text 76% connected

A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, o…

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Critique 74% connected

The art of criticism.

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Critique 74% connected

The art of criticism.

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Read 74% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Read 74% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Readership 74% connected

The office of reader.

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Readership 74% connected

The office of reader.

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Subscribe 74% connected

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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Subscribe 74% connected

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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Lector 92% connected

A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.

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Lecturer 92% connected

One who lectures; an assistant preacher.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Referee 92% connected

One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.

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Reviewer 92% connected

One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional cr…

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Subscriber 92% connected

One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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