According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
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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