(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 a person who collects things, either as a hobby or as a job 收集者；收藏家 a stamp collector 集邮者 ticket/tax collectors 售票员/税务员 a major collector of Japanese art 日本艺术品大收藏家
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- major
- avid
- …
- a collector’s item
the leader of a district in some South Asian countries （南亚某些国家的）地方行政长官
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a person who collects money): from Anglo-Norman French collectour, from medieval Latin collector, from collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere, from col- ‘together’ + legere ‘choose or collect’.