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noun
1.
a person or thing that collects.
2.
a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
3.
a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., especially as a hobby.
4.
5.
EXPANDElectronics. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin colleg- (variant stem of colligere; see collect1) + -tor -tor
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin colleg- (variant stem of colligere; see collect1) + -tor -tor
Related forms
col·lec·tor·ship, col·lec·tor·ate, noun
pre·col·lec·tor, noun
sub·col·lec·tor, noun
sub·col·lec·tor·ship, noun
un·der·col·lec·tor, noun
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Word Origin & History
collector
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. collectour (Fr. collecteur), from L.L. collector, agent noun from colligere (see collect). Fem. form collectress is attested from 1825.
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