collector
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collector¹
- /kəˈlɛk.tɚ/ US
- /kəˈlɛk.tə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛktə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collēctor, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”).
noun collectors · collecter · collectour
- A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection. She is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.
- A person who is employed to collect payments. She works for the government as a tax collector.
- A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses
- The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
- A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. Volumes[…] without any of tthe collector's own reflections.
- One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. Whereupon he soon after appointed A. W. his collector in Austins; which office he kept till he was admitted Mr. of arts
- A major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers.
Collector²
proper noun
- A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, Upper Lachlan council area and the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gatherer, accumulator, collecting, collection, compilation, culler, administrator, chief, commissioner, emitter, gathering, recipient, bagman, receiver, investigator, director
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noun person who is employed to collect payments
| Español | colector, recaudador |
|---|---|
| Português | coletor |
| Français | percepteur, encaisseur, collecteur |
| Deutsch | Kassierer |
| Italiano | esattore, esattrice |
noun person or thing that collects
| Español | coleccionista |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 集める人 atsumeru hito, 収集家 shūshūka, かけ取り kaketori |
| 中文 | 收藏家 shōucángjiā, 收債人 /收债人 shōuzhàirén, 收稅員 /收税员 shōushuìyuán |
| Português | colecionador |
| Français | collectionneur, collectionneuse |
| Deutsch | Sammler, Sammlerin |
| Italiano | collezionista |
| Ελληνικά | συλλέκτης sylléktis |
| Română | colecționar |
| Русский | коллекционе́р kollekcionér, сбо́рщик sbórščik |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà sưu tập |
| עברית | אספן asfan, אספנית asfanyt |
noun amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor
| Español | colector |
|---|---|
| Português | colector, coletor |
| Français | collecteur |
| Deutsch | Kollektor |
| Italiano | collettore |
| Русский | колле́ктор kolléktor |
Talk about this word "collector." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/collector. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. collector. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/collector "collector." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/collector.Cite this
@misc{collector_2026,
title = {collector},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/collector},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
