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COLLECTOR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("collector" is a kind of...):

electrode (a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit)

Holonyms ("collector" is a part of...):

electronic transistor; junction transistor; transistor (a semiconductor device capable of amplification)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("collector" is a kind of...):

crater (a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

Synonyms:

accumulator; collector; gatherer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("collector" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Domain category:

revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collector"):

conductor (the person who collects fares on a public conveyance)

gleaner (someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully)

rent collector (a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner)

Instance hyponyms:

Gardner; Isabella Stewart Gardner (United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924))

Derivation:

collect (call for and obtain payment of)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A person who collects things

Synonyms:

aggregator; collector

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("collector" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collector"):

archivist (a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives)

conchologist (a collector and student of mollusc shells)

coin collector; numismatist; numismatologist (a collector and student of money (and coins in particular))

packrat (a collector of miscellaneous useless objects)

philatelist; stamp collector (a collector and student of postage stamps)

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