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collater

collater is the alternative spelling of collator.

Meaning of collator

Noun

collator (plural collators)

  1. A person who collates.
  2. A program or algorithm that collates.
  3. (historical) A machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
  4. A police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence.

Forms of collater

pluralcollaters

Origin of collater

From collate + -er.

Questions about collater

What is collater the alternative spelling of?
Collater is the alternative spelling of collator.

Words near collater in the dictionary

  1. collatable
  2. collate
  3. collated
  4. collatee
  5. collatees
  6. collater
  7. collateral
  8. collateral arteries
  9. collateral artery
  10. collateral circulation
  11. collateral circulations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: collater (page history and authors); collator (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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