collector
n. வரிதண்டலாளர், இந்தியாவில் மாவட்ட முதல்வர், திரட்டாளர், அரும்பொருள் மாதிரிகள் சேகரிப்பவர், சீட்டுத் தண்டுபவர்.
Col*lect"or, n. Etym: [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.] 1. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins. I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector. Lamb. 2. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. Volumes without the collector's own reflections. Addison. 3. (Com.) Defn: An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. Sir W. Temple. 4. One authorized to collect debts. 5. A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. Todd.