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Webster 1913 Edition
Collector
Col-lect′or
,Noun.
[LL.
collector
one who collects: cf. F. collecteur
.] 1.
One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.;
as, a
. collector
of coinsI digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a
collector
. Lamb.
2.
A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
Volumes without the
collector’s
own reflections. Addison.
3.
(Com.)
An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.
A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by
collectors
, and other officers. Sir W. Temple.
4.
One authorized to collect debts.
5.
A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
Todd.
Webster 1828 Edition
Collector
COLLECTOR
, n.1.
One who collects or gathers things which are scattered or separate.2.
A compiler; one who gathers and puts together parts of books, or scattered pieces, in one book.3.
In botany, one who gathers plants, without studying botany as a science.4.
An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes or toll.5.
A bachelor of arts in Oxford, who is appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.