# collector

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈlɛktɚ/ · frequency rank #8,131

## Definitions
1. A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
2. A person who is employed to collect payments.
3. A person who is employed to collect payments.
4. The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
5. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
6. One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
7. A major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers

## Etymology
From Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Late Latin collector, from Latin colligō (“to gather together”).

## Easily confused with
- **connector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collector-vs-connector)
- **collect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collect-vs-collector)
- **collected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collected-vs-collector)
- **collection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collection-vs-collector)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccollector`, `clolector`, `colector`, `colelctor`, `collcetor`, `collecctor`, `collecotr`, `collectorr`, `collectro`, `collecttor`, `colletcor`, `ocllector`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/collector