COLLECTOR - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a person who collects things
Categories: Person, Individual, Someone, Somebody, Mortal, Soul
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
Categories: Worker
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
Categories: Crater
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Noun
the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
Categories: Electrode
Synonyms
Accumulator, Gatherer, Collector, Aggregator
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "collector" comes from Latin colligō. It started in Late Latin collector. Then it appeared in Anglo-Norman collectour. Later, people used it in Middle English collectour.
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.