sub-readern.
/sʌbˈriːdə/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈridər/ Now historical and rare.
An assistant reader (reader n. 4).
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1702 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. A Sub-Reader, or under-reader, in the Inns of Court.
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 303 When his Lordship was Reader, he made him his Sub-Reader.
1851 J. F. Macqueen Lect. Inns of Court & Chancery 19 He [sc. the reader] announced by the mouth of his sub-reader the statute selected for commentary.
1899 J. R. Wardale Clare College vii. 190 The First Reader and the Greek and Rhetoric lecturers were to receive 10s. a quarter each, the Sub-Readers apparently 6s. each a quarter.
1902 Law Mag. & Rev. Aug. 395 He selected a Sub-Reader to carry his books and otherwise assist him: and such Sub-Reader then read out the title of the Statute on which the Reader had elected to read.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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