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Synonyms for collector

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-lek-ter
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɛk tər

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Définition of collector

Origin :
  • late 14c., "gatherer of taxes, etc.," from Anglo-French collectour "collector" (of money or taxes; Old French collector, Modern French collecteur), from Late Latin collector, agent noun from colligere (see collect). Fem. form collectress is attested from 1825.
  • noun one who collects accounts
  • noun one who collects specimens
Example sentences :
  • He spoke exactly as if he had been a collector who had been roaming the world for curios.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Sutter forgot everything else as he sat there staring at that collector's paradise.
  • Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • The collector should be sure he knows the plant before he eats it.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • These plants are very small, often no doubt overlooked by the collector.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The collector will have no trouble to recognize it from Figure 274.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • After seeing this picture the collector will not fail to recognize it.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The Collector to whom the petition was sent was a friend of ours.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • Yes, your husband is no better now than an egoist, a collector of happy days.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • The antiquary is a collector; the antiquarian a student or writer.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott » by George Saintsbury
  • What nonsensical scheme about making me an inspector of this or a collector of that?
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
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