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collector

noun
 
🔊/kəˈlektə(r)/
🔊/kəˈlektər/
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  1.  
    (especially in compounds尤用于构成复合词) a person who collects things, either as a hobby or as a job收集者；收藏家
    • a stamp collector集邮者
    • ticket/tax collectors票务/收税员
    • a major collector of Japanese art日本艺术品大收藏家
    see also debt collectorTopics Artb2, Hobbiesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • great
    • major
    • avid
    • …
    phrases
    • a collector’s item
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  2. the leader of a district in some South Asian countries （南亚某些国家的）地方行政长官
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person who collects money): from Anglo-Norman French collectour, from medieval Latin collector, from collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.