subreader

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noun

An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon.

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Meanings

nounsubreader (plural subreaders)

plural subreaders

  1. UKarchaiclawAn 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 profession

    1819, Roger North, The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North

Origin

From sub- + reader.

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APA

subreader. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subreader

MLA

“subreader.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subreader. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subreader,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subreader.

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