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collector

col·lec·tor

UK/kəˈlɛk.tə(ɹ)/ US/kəˈlɛk.tɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a person who collects things

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2.

a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

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4.

the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes

Origin

Inherited from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collēctor, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”).

Phrases

  • Boehm collector
  • bone collector
  • bow collector
  • collector lane
  • collector road
  • collector shoe
  • collector street
  • collector's item

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