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collector
[ kuh-lek-ter ]
noun
- a person or thing that collects.
- a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
- 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.
collector
/ əˈɛə /
noun
- 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
- DZˈٴǰˌ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- DZ·tǰ· DZ·tǰ·ٱ noun
- cDZ·tǰ noun
- ܲcDZ·tǰ noun
- subDZ·tǰ· noun
- ܲd·DZ·tǰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of collector1
Example Sentences
Later on the day it appeared, refuse collectors arrived to spirit away the fridge-freezer.
Tate Modern has announced it has received a major gift from a couple of art collectors in the form of a painting by the US modern artist Joan Mitchell.
The archive will be on display Thursday through Sunday at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, an event expected to draw curators from museums and research institutions, as well as private collectors.
Held by art and craft foundations and curated by researchers in collaboration with private collectors and museums, a number of new exhibitions are sparking something of a renaissance within the industry.
The heirs and great-grandchildren of art collector Samuel Hartveld will now receive the work, which he left in Antwerp, Belgium in 1940, while fleeing the country with his wife, the UK Government said.
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