ˈlɛktʃəɹɚ ˈlɛktʃəɹə ˈɹidɚ ˈɹiːdə ˌɹɛf.əˈɹiː ˌɹɛfəˈɹiː səbˈskɹaɪbəɹ one of a series of texts for students learning to read a public lecturer at certain universities someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections a person who enjoys reading a person who can read; a literate person someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication