electronic reader

noun

: e-reader

Amazon has been testing its Kindle DX electronic reader with a handful of universities as a replacement for printed materials in courses.

—John Cook, Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle, Washington), 24 June 2012

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

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