collector

collector is a Noun

Definition:

[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] 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.