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k-uh-LEKT-uh/kəˈlektə/

A collector is a person who gathers objects as a hobby or job, or who collects money or tickets: a ticket collector; a tax collector. Curator is a museum twin; hobbyist is weaker. Name the collector in the museum gift, then the accession number. Mix-up: collector vs connector; collection (the set of objects); do not write collector for a brand of boxed sets with no named person.

Meaning

A person who gathers objects as a hobby or job, or who collects money or tickets (a ticket collector).

Examples

• “Name the collector in the museum gift, then the accession number.”
• “A ticket collector featured in the transport source, which is the fare sense — still name the operator.”

Good to know

a ticket / tax / art collector; collector of + noun. Museum twin: curator. Related: collection. Trap: connector. History, museums, and transport. Someone who gathers objects, money, or tickets — name the person.

Near in meaning

curator, gatherer, hobbyist

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