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collector

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col·lec·tor  (k-lktr)
n.
1. One that collects: a dust collector.
2. A person employed to collect taxes, duties, or other payments.
3. A person who makes a collection, as of stamps.
4. An electrode collector.
5. A solar collector.

col·lector·ship n.

collector
Noun
1. a person who collects objects as a hobby
2. a person employed to collect debts, rents, or tickets
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.collectorcollector - a person who collects things        
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
archivist - a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives
conchologist - a collector and student of mollusc shells
coin collector, numismatist, numismatologist - a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)
packrat - a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
philatelist, stamp collector - a collector and student of postage stamps
2.collectorcollector - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
conductor - the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
gleaner - someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
rent collector - a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner
revenue enhancement, tax, taxation - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
3.collector - a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
crater - a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
4.collector - the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
electronic transistor, junction transistor, transistor - a semiconductor device capable of amplification
Translations
collector [kəˈlɛktəʳ] ncoleccionista m/f [of taxes etc] → recaudador(a) m/f;
collector's item or piece → pieza de coleccionista
collector [kəˈlɛktəʳ] collect ncollectionneur m [of taxes]; percepteur m [of rent, cash]; encaisseur m;
collector's item or piece → pièce f de collection
collector [kəˈlɛktəʳ] collect nSammler(in) m(f);
(of taxes etc) → Einnehmer(in) m(f);
(of rent, cash) → Kassierer(in) m(f);
collector's item or piece collect → Sammlerstück nt, Liebhaberstück nt
collector [kəˈlɛktəʳ] ncollezionista m/f [of taxes] → esattore m;
collector's item or piece → pezzo da collezionista


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At last, however, all the things that had to be got together were got together, and all the things that had to be got out of the way were got out of the way, and everything was ready, and the collector himself having promised to come, fortune smiled upon the occasion.
For upwards of twenty years before this epoch, the independent position of the Collector had kept the Salem Custom-House out of the whirlpool of political vicissitude, which makes the tenure of office generally so fragile.
"Soon after this," said Grandfather, "Sir William Phips quarrelled with the captain of an English frigate, and also with the collector of Boston.
 
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