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subreader

subreader noun: an under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon.

Noun

subreader (plural subreaders)

  1. (UK, archaic) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon.
    • When his lordship was reader, he made him his subreader, which shewed him to the society, and to men of his profession1819, Roger North, The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North

Forms of subreader

pluralsubreaders

Origin of subreader

From sub- + reader.

Questions about subreader

What does subreader mean?
Subreader means an under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon.
What part of speech is subreader?
Subreader is a noun.
What is the plural of subreader?
The plural of subreader is subreaders.

Words near subreader in the dictionary

  1. subratios
  2. subreaction
  3. subreactions
  4. subreactive
  5. subread
  6. subreader
  7. subreaders
  8. subreads
  9. subrealism
  10. subreason
  11. subreasons

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