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
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
29 June 2025
(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
