collector

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /kəˈlɛk.tɚ/ UK /kəˈlɛk.tə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like corrector /l/ vs /r/

Freq #7106

Meanings

1

noun
A person who gathers and keeps a set of similar things as a hobby.

She is an avid collector of nineteenth-century stamps.
2

noun
A person whose job is to collect money that is owed.

She works for the government as a tax collector.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who gathers and... aggregator

Word family

Forms collectors

Derived forms collectoratecollectoresscollectorshipdust-collectornoncollectorsubcollectorticket-collectortoll-collectorundercollector

Related forms collect collection

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Phrases (1)

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tax collector
a person or authority responsible for collecting taxes

Noun + noun

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collēctor, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”).

*leǵ- Proto-Indo-European collectour Middle English collēctor la-lat colligō Latin

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# collector

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəˈlɛk.tɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈlɛk.tə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 7106

## Meanings
1. A person who gathers and keeps a set of similar things as a hobby.
2. A person whose job is to collect money that is owed.

## Examples
- She is an avid collector of nineteenth-century stamps.
- She works for the government as a tax collector.

## Derived Forms
- collectorate
- collectoress
- collectorship
- dust-collector
- noncollector
- subcollector
- ticket-collector
- toll-collector
- undercollector

## Related Forms
- collect
- collection

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *leǵ-
- Root: collectour
- Root: collēctor
- Root: colligō

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collēctor, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”).

## AI Etymology
collector is a noun. It was inherited from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collēctor, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”). Historical forms in the chain include *leǵ- (Proto-Indo-European), collectour (Middle English), collectour (Anglo-Norman), collēctor (Late Latin), and colligō (Latin). Current senses include a person who gathers and keeps a set of similar things as a hobby and a person whose job is to collect money that is owed. Derived forms include collectorate, collectoress, collectorship, dust-collector, and noncollector. Related words include collect and collection.

## Topics
- People & Society

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