collector: Meaning and Definition of

col•lec•tor

1. a person or thing that collects.
2. a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
3. a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., esp. as a hobby.
4. a device for accumulating current from contact conductors.
5. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes.
6. promoter (def. 5).
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