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SIGHTREADER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sightreader mean?
• SIGHTREADER (noun)
The noun SIGHTREADER has 1 sense:
1. a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)
Familiarity information: SIGHTREADER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sightreader" is a kind of...):
performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Derivation:
sightread (perform music from a score without having seen the score before)
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