COLLECTOR

collector

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

collector

(noun) a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth

collector, gatherer, accumulator

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

collector, aggregator

(noun) a person who collects things

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

collector (plural collectors)

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

A person who is employed to collect payments.

(electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.

A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.

(historical) One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.

A major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers

A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses

Source: Wiktionary


Col*lect"or, n. Etym: [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. I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector. Lamb.

2. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. Volumes without the collector's own reflections. Addison.

3. (Com.)

Definition: An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. Sir W. Temple.

4. One authorized to collect debts.

5. A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. Todd.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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