1. Noun
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 coins.
2. Noun
A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
3. Noun
An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.
4. Noun
One authorized to collect debts.
5. Noun
A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
6. Noun
the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
7. Noun
a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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