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collector

[ kuh-lek-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that collects.
  2. a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
  3. a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., especially as a hobby.
  4. Electricity. a device for accumulating current from contact conductors.
  5. Electronics. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes.
  6. Metallurgy. promoter ( def 5 ).
  7. Energy. solar collector.


collector

/ əˈɛə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that collects
  2. a person employed to collect debts, rents, etc
  3. the head of a district administration in India
  4. a person who collects or amasses objects as a hobby
  5. electronics the region in a transistor into which charge carriers flow from the base
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DZˈ𳦳ٴǰˌ󾱱, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • DZ·tǰ·󾱱 DZ·tǰ·ٱ noun
  • cDZ·tǰ noun
  • ܲcDZ·tǰ noun
  • subDZ·tǰ·󾱱 noun
  • ܲd·DZ·tǰ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of collector1

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin colleg- (variant stem of colligere; collect 1 ) + -tor -tor
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She thinks this was probably done by either collectors or builders who took them from Dorset.

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California Senate Bill 712, which would fully exempt collector cars at least 35 model years old from smog check requirements, would “set our progress back decades,” Ruacho said.

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“When it works, it works. I’m not a collector; I’m an estate-sale junkie, which makes it way less serious.”

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I feel like a collector in a lot of ways, mapping out all the fruit trees that are accessible by the sidewalk.

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The painting of Malala was was put up for sale at Bonham's after it was put forward by one of her loyal collectors.

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