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collectioner

collectioner noun: a poor person who was entitled to receive some of the money from a church's collection plate.

Noun

collectioner (plural collectioners)

  1. (historical) A poor person who was entitled to receive some of the money from a church's collection plate.

Forms of collectioner

pluralcollectioners

Origin of collectioner

From collection + -er.

Questions about collectioner

What does collectioner mean?
Collectioner means a poor person who was entitled to receive some of the money from a church's collection plate.
What part of speech is collectioner?
Collectioner is a noun.
What is the plural of collectioner?
The plural of collectioner is collectioners.

Words near collectioner in the dictionary

  1. collection society
  2. collection-plate
  3. collection-plates
  4. collectional
  5. collectionally
  6. collectioner
  7. collectioners
  8. collectionitis
  9. collections
  10. collective
  11. collective action

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