'Collector' definitions:

Definition of 'collector'

From: WordNet
noun
A person who collects things [syn: collector, aggregator]
noun
A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) [syn: collector, gatherer, accumulator]
noun
A crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
noun
The electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes

Definition of 'Collector'

From: GCIDE
  • Collector \Col*lect"or\, n. [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.]
  • 1. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins. [1913 Webster]
  • I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. [1913 Webster]
  • Volumes without the collector's own reflections. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Com.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. [1913 Webster]
  • A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. One authorized to collect debts. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. --Todd. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'collector'

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