collector

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

English collect< Middle English collecten< Latin colligere ("to gather together", past participle collectus)< com- (together) + legare (to choose)< Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“‘to pick out, select’”) (Watkins, 1969)

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kō-lĕk'tûr or kə-lĕk'tûr or kə-lĕk'tər

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collector (plural collectors)

1. A person or thing which collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

   He is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.

   That old piano is just a big dust collector.

2. A person who is employed to collect payments.

   She works for the government as a tax collector.

3. (electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.

[edit] Related terms

• collect
• collection

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