English noun: collector |
1. | collector (person) a person who collects things |
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| Synonyms | aggregator |
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | archivist, coin collector, conchologist, numismatist, numismatologist, packrat, philatelist, stamp collector |
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2. | collector (person) a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) |
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| Synonyms | accumulator, gatherer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | worker |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | conductor, gleaner, rent collector |
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| Instance hyponym | Gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner |
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| Domain category | revenue enhancement, tax, taxation |
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3. | collector (object) a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth |
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| Broader (hypernym) | crater |
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4. | collector (artifact) the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes |
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| Broader (hypernym) | electrode |
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| Part meronym | electronic transistor, junction transistor, transistor |
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