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collector
[ kuh-lek-ter ]
noun
- a person or thing that collects.
- a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
- a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., especially as a hobby.
- Electricity. a device for accumulating current from contact conductors.
- Electronics. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes.
- Metallurgy. promoter ( def 5 ).
- Energy. solar collector.
collector
/ əˈɛə /
noun
- a person or thing that collects
- a person employed to collect debts, rents, etc
- the head of a district administration in India
- a person who collects or amasses objects as a hobby
- electronics the region in a transistor into which charge carriers flow from the base
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Derived Forms
- DZˈٴǰˌ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- DZ·tǰ· DZ·tǰ·ٱ noun
- cDZ·tǰ noun
- ܲcDZ·tǰ noun
- subDZ·tǰ· noun
- ܲd·DZ·tǰ noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collector1
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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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