01 n. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural histo…
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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.“I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector.” — Lamb.
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A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.“Volumes without the collector's own reflections.” — Addison.
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An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.(Com.)“A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers.” — Sir W. Temple.
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One authorized to collect debts.
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A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.