collector

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: col=lec=tor
• COUNT in NET: 7 in 7 verses (in NT : 7 in 7 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

collector, n. [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector."  [1913 Webster]
•  A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.  [1913 Webster]

  "Volumes without the collector's own reflections."  [1913 Webster]
•  An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.  [1913 Webster]

  "A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers."  [1913 Webster]
•  One authorized to collect debts.  [1913 Webster]
•  A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.  Todd.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

collector, n.
1 a person who collects, esp. things of interest as a hobby.
2 a person who collects money etc. due (tax-collector; ticket-collector).
3 Electronics the region in a transistor that absorbs carriers of a charge.

Idiom

collector's item (or piece) a valuable object, esp. one of interest to collectors.

Etymology

ME f. AF collectour f. med.L collector (as COLLECT(1))

THESAURUS

collector

accumulator, addict, admirer, amateur, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, aspirant, aspirer, authority, base, beg, beglerbeg, bey, bill collector, bon vivant, booster, buff, bug, burgrave, candidate, cognoscente, collection agent, connaisseur, connoisseur, coveter, critic, demon, desirer, devotee, dey, dilettante, douanier, dunner, eager beaver, emitter, energumen, enthusiast, eparch, epicure, epicurean, exarch, exciseman, expert, faddist, fan, fanatic, fancier, farmer, fiend, filamentary transistor, follower, freak, gatherer, gauleiter, germanium crystal triode, good judge, gourmand, gourmet, governor, governor-general, great one for, groupie, hankerer, hobbyist, hook-collector transistor, hopeful, hound, idolater, idolizer, infatuate, judge, khedive, lieutenant governor, lover, magpie, maven, miser, nabob, nawab, nut, pack rat, palatine, point-contact transistor, proconsul, provincial, pursuer, refined palate, rhapsodist, rooter, satrap, solicitant, spacistor, stadtholder, subahdar, sucker for, suitor, tax collector, tetrarch, tetrode transistor, transistor, unipolar transistor, vali, vice-king, viceroy, virtuoso, visionary, votary, wali, wanter, wisher, worshiper, yearner, zealot

ROGET THESAURUS

collector

Assemblage

N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

Director

N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.

Master

N master, padrone, lord, lord paramount, commander, commandant, captain, chief, chieftain, sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator, leader, boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance, lord of the ascendant, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, gray mare, mistress, potentate, liege, liege lord, suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch, crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge, ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno, inca, cazique, voivode, landamman, seyyid, Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior, prince, duke, archduke, doge, elector, seignior, marland, margrave, rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam, nawab, empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine, czarevna, czarita, maharani, rani, rectrix, regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah, burgrave, laird, collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon, the authorities, the powers that be, the government, staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority, sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte, marshal, field marshal, marechal, general, generalissimo, commander in chief, seraskier, hetman, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer, sergeant, sergeant major, color sergeant, corporal, corporal major, lance corporal, acting corporal, drum major, captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon, mayor, mayoralty, prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic, alcalde, alcaid, burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve, lord mayor, officer, dewan, fonctionnaire, admiral, admiralty, rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral, commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD, navarch, da locum melioribus, der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Staats, the prince is the first servant of his state, lord of thy presence and no land beside.