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Synonyms for collectors

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

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Définition of collectors

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 :
  • They served the King faithfully as officers in his army and as collectors of his taxes.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • The head of these collectors was a board of Commissioners of the Customs, stationed at Boston.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • And for such seizures the collectors were not liable in courts of law.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • These two collectors are also connected electrically with the conductor (K).
  • Extract from : « Electricity for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • The former of these collectors is generally said to suffer from acute bibliomania.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • Not always, perhaps; but doubtless this is the case with the great majority of collectors.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • Collectors love a clean book, but a book scrawled on may have other merits.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter in London » by William Roberts
  • The collectors of the rent were disarmed, and obliged to refund what they had received.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson
  • Prints from his engravings are still highly esteemed by collectors.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • Rarely for sale in nurseries, but obtainable from collectors.
  • Extract from : « Handbook of the Trees of New England » by Lorin Low Dame
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