Available Definitions:
1) n. - 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.
2) n. - A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.
3) n. - An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.
4) n. - One authorized to collect debts.
5) n. - A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.