COLLECTOR


Meaning of COLLECTOR in English

/ kəˈlektə(r); NAmE / noun

1.

(especially in compounds) a person who collects things, either as a hobby, or as a job :

a stamp collector

ticket / tax / debt collectors

2.

the chief officer of a district in some S Asian countries

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (denoting a person who collects money): from Anglo-Norman French collectour , from medieval Latin collector , from collect- gathered together, from the verb colligere , from col- together + legere choose or collect.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.