noun
reader
A book of selected texts for learning or study.
The reader includes short stories and essays.
Etymology
The agent-like ending can name something associated with reading as well as a person who reads. A reader is a book assembled to supply suitable reading material for study.
More examples
- Students brought their readers to class.
- The beginner’s reader used short sentences.
- He edited a reader on American political thought.
Forms
reader · readers
Similar words
- anthology
- A collection of selected writings.
- textbook
- A teaching book that need not consist of selected readings.