Word Meanings - READERSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office of reader. Lyell.

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• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• READERSHIP
  The office of reader. Lyell.
• READER
  1. One who reads. Specifically: One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church. One who reads lectures on scientific subjects. Lyell. A proof reader. One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• THREADER
  1. A device for assisting in threading a needle. 2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• SUBREADER
  An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. Crabb.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.
• BLIND READER
  A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
• DISPREADER
  One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.
• OVEROFFICE
  To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.
• LAY READER
  A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church.
• SPREADER
  1. One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates. 2. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
• DREADER
  One who fears, or lives in fear.
• TREADER
  One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10.