collector
a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., especially as a hobby.
Electricity. a device for accumulating current from contact conductors.
Electronics. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes.
Metallurgy. promoter (def. 5).
Energy. solar collector.
Origin of collector
1Other words from collector
- 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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How to use collector in a sentence
Sum wanted post orfices, sum wanted collectorships, sum wantid furrin missions, and all wanted sumthin.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward | Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)Collectorships of ports, marshalships and numerous positions of honor have all along been held by Negroes.
The Hindered Hand | Sutton E. Griggs
British Dictionary definitions for collector
/ (kəˈlɛktə) /
a person or thing that collects
a person employed to collect debts, rents, etc
the head of a district administration in India
a person who collects or amasses objects as a hobby
electronics the region in a transistor into which charge carriers flow from the base
Derived forms of collector
- collectorship, noun
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