What does Collector mean?
Definitions for Collector
kəˈlɛk tərcol·lec·tor
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Collector.
Princeton's WordNet
collector, aggregatornoun
a person who collects things
collector, gatherer, accumulatornoun
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
collectornoun
a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
collectornoun
the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
Wiktionary
collectornoun
A person or thing which collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
collectornoun
A person who is employed to collect payments.
She works for the government as a tax collector.
collectornoun
The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
Etymology: English collect< Middle English collecten< colligere ("to gather together", past participle collectus)< com- (together) + legare (to choose)< leg- (Watkins, 1969)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Collectornoun
Etymology: collector, Latin.
The grandfather might be the first collector of them into a body. Matthew Hale, Common Law of England.
Volumes, without any of the collector’s own reflections. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
A great part of this treasure is now embezzled, lavished, and feasted away by collectors, and other officers. William Temple.
The commissions of the revenue are disposed of, and the collectors are appointed by the commissioners. Jonathan Swift.
ChatGPT
collector
A collector is an individual or entity that systematically gathers and retains items of a particular category such as artworks, stamps, coins, books or other objects, due to their personal interest, passion or investment value. The term can also refer to a part of a machine or system designed to accumulate or receive something, such as a solar collector or a bill collector.
Webster Dictionary
Collectornoun
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
Collectornoun
a compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book
Collectornoun
an officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll
Collectornoun
one authorized to collect debts
Collectornoun
a bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent
Etymology: [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.]
Wikidata
Collector
The Collector is a fictional character in Marvel Comics.
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Collector
(a) A name for the brush, q. v., in mechanical electric generators, such as dynamos, a pair of which collectors or brushes press on the commutator or collecting rings, and take off the current. (b) The pointed connections leading to the prime conductor on a static machine for collecting the electricity; often called combs. The points of the combs or collectors face the statically charged rotating glass plate or cylinder of the machine.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
COLLECTOR
A man whom few care to see but many ask to call again.
Editors Contribution
collector
A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.
The water collector was attached to the gutter to collect the water.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Collector' in Nouns Frequency: #1975
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Collector in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Collector in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Collector in a Sentence
We have a very passionate collector who doesn't just want to list items: he wants to share them with everyone, so we had to keep that in mind when we built this exhibition -- make it user-friendly.
Over the past several months, it has been revealed that Spain Parnas is a prolific collector of photos and videos, contrary to what one might expect, Spain Parnas has not destroyed any. Rather, he has preserved them. The universe of subject matter is yet to be publicly revealed but is of interest in matters well beyond the impeachment inquiry.
My plan is to be the lead guy in China; the lead collector and art dealer discovering and nurturing talent from that region, i plan to find and discover and bring to the rest of the world those I consider China’s next generation of modern artists.
Pricing fine art in his experiences as a Gallerist is based on the demand of the work as well and the intrinsic value of it, his feeling is that within each piece – as with every artist, sales are always confidential to protect the privacy of the collector, this is standard practice for transactions in galleries as well as auction houses.
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
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- колекционер, събирач, инкасатор, колекторBulgarian
- col·leccionista, col·leccionadorCatalan, Valencian
- sběratel, výběrčíCzech
- samlerDanish
- Kollektor, Kassierer, Sammlerin, SammlerGerman
- συλλέκτηςGreek
- kolektantoEsperanto
- coleccionistaSpanish
- جمع آوریPersian
- kerääjä, kollektori, keräilijä, veronkantajaFinnish
- collectionneur, collecteur, percepteur, collectionneuse, encaisseurFrench
- cruinnitheoir, tiomsaitheoir, bailitheoirIrish
- coleccionistaGalician
- אספנית, אספןHebrew
- एकत्र करनेवालाHindi
- gyűjtőHungarian
- հավաքորդ, կոլեկցիոներArmenian
- esattrice, esattore, collettore, collezionistaItalian
- 収集家, 集める, かけ取りJapanese
- អ្នកទារពន្ធ, អ្នកប្រមូលKhmer
- convector, legulus, collectorLatin
- pengutip, pemungutMalay
- verzamelaarDutch
- samlarNorwegian Nynorsk
- samlerNorwegian
- colleccionaireOccitan
- kolektor, zbieracz, kolekcjonerPolish
- coletorPortuguese
- colecționarRomanian
- коллекционер, коллектор, сборщикRussian
- kolekcionar, колекционар, kolektor, колекторSerbo-Croatian
- samlareSwedish
- toplayıcıTurkish
- konletan, jikonletan, hikonletanVolapük
- זאַמלערYiddish
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