Added 9 October 2026
collector
/kəˈlɛk.tɚ/ noun
In Latin: collector, convector, legulus Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about collector at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
She is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.
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A person who is employed to collect payments.
She works for the government as a tax collector.
- A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses
Origin
Inherited from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collēctor, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”).
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