"beta reader" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "beta readers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "beta reader (plural beta readers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Publishing",
          "orig": "en:Publishing",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Mass media",
            "Business",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who informally proofreads another person's text before the latter makes it available to the general public."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "proofreader"
        }
      ],
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        [
          "publishing",
          "publishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "informally",
          "informally"
        ],
        [
          "proofread",
          "proofread"
        ],
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ],
        [
          "general public",
          "general public"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(publishing) A person who informally proofreads another person's text before the latter makes it available to the general public."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beta reader"
}

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      "form": "beta readers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "beta reader (plural beta readers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "proofreader"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "en:People",
        "en:Publishing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who informally proofreads another person's text before the latter makes it available to the general public."
      ],
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        [
          "publishing",
          "publishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "informally",
          "informally"
        ],
        [
          "proofread",
          "proofread"
        ],
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ],
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          "general public",
          "general public"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(publishing) A person who informally proofreads another person's text before the latter makes it available to the general public."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beta reader"
}