| collector | | |
| n. (person) | 1. aggregator, collector | a person who collects things. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ archivist | a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives. |
| ~ conchologist | a collector and student of mollusc shells. |
| ~ coin collector, numismatist, numismatologist | a collector and student of money (and coins in particular). |
| ~ packrat | a collector of miscellaneous useless objects. |
| ~ philatelist, stamp collector | a collector and student of postage stamps. |
| n. (person) | 2. accumulator, collector, gatherer | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes). |
| ~ worker | a person who works at a specific occupation.; "he is a good worker" |
| ~ conductor | the person who collects fares on a public conveyance. |
| ~ gleaner | someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully. |
| ~ rent collector | a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner. |
| ~ gardner, isabella stewart gardner | United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924). |
| ~ revenue enhancement, tax, taxation | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government. |
| n. (object) | 3. collector | a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth. |
| ~ crater | a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. collector | the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes. |
| ~ electrode | a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit. |
| ~ electronic transistor, junction transistor, transistor | a semiconductor device capable of amplification. |
| solicitor | | |
| n. (person) | 1. canvasser, solicitor | a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes. |
| ~ fundraiser | someone who solicits financial contributions. |
| ~ petitioner, requester, suppliant, supplicant | one praying humbly for something.; "a suppliant for her favors" |
| n. (person) | 2. solicitor | a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ law agent | a solicitor in Scotland. |
| ~ attorney, lawyer | a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice. |
| inquire | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. ask, enquire, inquire | inquire about.; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ ask | direct or put; seek an answer to.; "ask a question" |
| ~ pry | be nosey.; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" |
| ~ confer with, consult | get or ask advice from.; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision" |
| ~ ask | address a question to and expect an answer from.; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. enquire, inquire, wonder | have a wish or desire to know something.; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" |
| ~ query, question | pose a question. |
| ~ request | inquire for (information).; "I requested information from the secretary" |
| v. (communication) | 3. enquire, inquire, investigate | conduct an inquiry or investigation of.; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady" |
| ~ spy | secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage.; "spy for the Russians" |
| ~ probe, examine | question or examine thoroughly and closely. |
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