<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a person or thing that collects.</li><li>a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.</li><li>a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., especially as a hobby.</li><li>a device for accumulating current from contact conductors (Electricity).</li><li>an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes (Electronics).</li><li>a promoter (Metallurgy).</li><li>a solar collector (Energy).</li></ul>