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collector - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'collector' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Collector [ n.]
- 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.
- A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
- An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.
- One authorized to collect debts.
- A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.