— collectorship, collectorate , n.
/keuh lek"teuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that collects.
2. a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
3. a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., esp. as a hobby.
4. Elect. a device for accumulating current from contact conductors.
5. Electronics. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes.
6. Metall. promoter (def. 5).
7. Energy. See solar collector .
[ 1375-1425; late ME ( colleg- (var. s. of colligere; see COLLECT 1 ) + -tor -TOR ]