Subreader
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. UK, archaic
"When his lordship was reader, he made him his subreader, which shewed him to the society, and to men of his profession"
Example
More examples"When his lordship was reader, he made him his subreader, which shewed him to the society, and to men of his profession"
Etymology
From sub- + reader.
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