n. [ LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur. ]
I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
Volumes without the collector's own reflections. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of a collector of customs or of taxes. [ 1913 Webster ]