Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COL-LECT'OR, n.

1. One who collects or gathers things which are scattered or separate.
2. A compiler; one who gathers and puts together parts of books, or scattered pieces, in one book. Addison.
3. In botany, one who gathers plants, without studying botany as a science. – Encyc.
4. An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes or toll. – Temple.
5. A bachelor of arts in Oxford, who is appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. – Todd.