title: Collector
text: # Collector
  
  Collector(s) may refer to:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * Collector (2011 film), an Indian Malayalam film
  * Collector (2016 film), a Russian film
  * Collectors (film), a 2020 South Korean film
  * Collectors (TV series), an Australian television series
  * Collectors (Mass Effect), a fictional insectoid race in the video game Mass Effect 2
  * Collector (character), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
  * "Collectors", a short story by Raymond Carver from his collection Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
  * The Collector (disambiguation), with several meanings
  * Collector Records, an American folk label founded by Joe Glazer
  * The Collectors (Canadian band), 1968-70 Vancouver-based rock band, forerunner of Chilliwack
  
  ## Places
  
  * Collector, New South Wales, a town in Australia
  * Collector Parish, Argyle, New South Wales, Australia
  
  ## Technology
  
  * In automotive engineering, a part of some extractor manifolds
  * In electronics, a part of a bipolar junction transistor
  * In water treatment, a class of chemicals used in froth flotation
  * A current collector
     * A collector shoe on a bogie
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * A person whose hobby is collecting
  * Collector road, a type of road leading from local roads to busier areas
  * District collector or simply collector, in India, a government appointee in charge of a district in a state
  * Collector, in finance, an employee of a collection agency
  * A procurer of specimens for a scientific collection
  