COLLECTOR in a Sentence

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Example sentences for COLLECTOR, such as:
1. This clock is a collector's item.
2. But your real collector values a thing for its rarity.
3. A collector of rare insects will show us some of his latest discoveries.
4. It was perhaps her very manner of holding herself aloof that appealed to his collector's passion for the rare and unattainable.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of COLLECTOR
collector
 n.  a person who collects things
 n.  a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
Classic Sentence:
1  But your real collector values a thing for its rarity.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
2  It was perhaps her very manner of holding herself aloof that appealed to his collector's passion for the rare and unattainable.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
3  The husband of Princess Betsy, a good-natured fat man, an ardent collector of engravings, hearing that his wife had visitors, came into the drawing room before going to his club.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 6
4  Barge, collector of rents, Rue du Roi-de-Sicile, No.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND
Example Sentence:
1  A collector of rare insects will show us some of his latest discoveries.
2  This clock is a collector's item.