Collector Definition

kə-lĕktər
collectors
noun
collectors
A person or thing that collects.
Webster's New World
A person employed to collect taxes, duties, or other payments.
American Heritage
A person who makes a collection, as of stamps.
American Heritage
An electrode collector.
American Heritage
A solar collector.
American Heritage
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Noun

Singular:
collector
Plural:
collectors

Origin of Collector

  • From Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collector, from Latin colligere ("to gather together", past participle collectus), from com- (together) + legare (to choose), from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to pick out, select”) (Watkins, 1969)

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Collector Sentence Examples

  • It cannot be said that any one form of collector is superior all round.

  • When a water jet serves as collector, the pressure under which it issues should be practically constant.

  • You're metalman29—a metal collector.

  • Other elective officers are the mayor, city treasurer, city sergeant, commonwealth attorney, city collector, city auditor, sheriff and high constable, elected for four years; and clerks of the various courts elected for eight years.

  • Adana, reserved for the moment, was bestowed on Ibrahim under the style of muhassil, or collector of the crown revenues, a few days later.

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