Collector
11collector — index assessor, caretaker (one fulfilling the function of office), receiver Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12COLLECTOR — vide infra Proscholus. At Collectores, apud Baronium ad A. C. 397. num. 65. Exactores sunt, qui a Pontifice Romano ad vindicandas ex bonis Ecclesiae partas ac male congestas opes, per provincias mittebantur, ut vult Car. du Fresne in Glossar …
13collector — A letter carrier who gathers mail from street collection boxes and building boxes and then takes it to the post office for processing …
14collector — ► NOUN 1) a person who collects things of a specified type. 2) an official who is responsible for collecting money owed …
15collector — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who collects accounts] Syn. representative, collection agent, revenue agent, customs official, tax collector, tax officer, toll collector, bill collector, collection agency, office of internal revenue, revenue office, tax… …
16collector — n. 1) an art; coin; rare book; stamp collector 2) a tax; ticket; toll collector 3) (AE) a garbage, trash collector (BE has dustman) 4) an ardent, avid, serious collector * * * [kə lektə] avid coin rare book serious collector stamp …
17collector — [[t]kəle̱ktə(r)[/t]] collectors 1) N COUNT: oft n N, N of n A collector is a person who collects things of a particular type as a hobby. ...a stamp collector. ...a respected collector of Indian art... His work is much sought after by collectors.… …
18collector */*/ — UK [kəˈlektə(r)] / US [kəˈlektər] noun [countable] Word forms collector : singular collector plural collectors 1) someone whose job is to collect something from people the ticket collector 2) someone who collects things for fun an avid stamp… …
19collector — n. 1 a person who collects, esp. things of interest as a hobby. 2 a person who collects money etc. due (tax collector; ticket collector). 3 Electronics the region in a transistor that absorbs carriers of a charge. Phrases and idioms: collector s… …
20collector — noun Date: 14th century one that collects: as a. an official who collects funds or moneys b. a person who makes a collection < stamp collector > c. an object or device that collects < the statuette was a dust collector > d. solar collector • c …
