English-Finnish translations for collector

• keräilijä
• kollektori
• kerääjä
• veronkantaja
  Asia on ollut näin jo Herramme ajoista lähtien, kun hän korosti, että yksi halveksutuimmista ihmistyypeistä hänen aikanaan oli veronkantaja, johon suhtauduttiin kuin rikolliseen. This goes back to the time of our Lord, when he pointed out that one of the most despised species in his time was the tax collector, who was seen as a villain.

Definition of collector

• A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection
• A person who is employed to collect payments
• The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor
• One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent
• A major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers

Examples

• He is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.
• That old piano is just a big dust collector.
• She works for the government as a tax collector.

Related words

• ticket-collector
• collectorate
• collector's item
• collector's edition
• collector’s item
• stamp collector
• tax collector
• garbage collector
• current collector