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Definition: COLLATOR

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One who collates manuscripts, books, etc.[Websters]
2. One who collates to a benefice.[Websters]
3. One who confers any benefit.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Collator" is a common misspelling or typo for: collators.

Date "Collator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Etymology:Collator \Col*la"tor\, noun. [Latin expression]. (references)

Specialty Definition: COLLATOR

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] One who collates or compares manuscripts or copies of books.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Occupations Examines gathered book, magazine, and pamphlet bodies to verify order and number of included signatures: Riffles bodies, one section at a time, observing signature figures. Notes omitted, misplaced, or duplicated signatures, and rearranges or inserts sections to correct subject matter. Stacks completed bodies. (references)
Wiktionary 1: [Noun] (obsolete, computing) a machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards; a program that merges files. (references)
  2: [Noun] a person who collates. (references)
  3: [Noun] a police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence. (references)

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Common Expressions: COLLATOR

Expressions Definition
Hinman Collator The Hinman Collator, an early optical collator, was an opto-mechanical device for comparing pairs of documents for differences in the text. Documents that appeared similar were said to “collate”. The collator resulted in rapid advances in the study of literary works. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: COLLATOR

Expressions Domain Definition
Collator operator Occupations Tends machine that assembles pages of printed material in numerical sequence: Adjusts control that regulates stroke of paper pusher, according to size of paper. Places pages to be assembled in holding trays. Starts machine. Removes assembled pages from machine. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: COLLATOR

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Hinman Collator 5     Hinman Collator 5

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Translations: COLLATOR

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya مجمع (academy, college, assembly, collator, congregation). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha مجمع (academy, college, assembly, collator, congregation). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic مجمع (academy, college, assembly, collator, congregation). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian zakladač (collator, collating reproducing punch, copybook, interpolator, spreader), porovnavatel (collator), zakládač (collator), abecední zakladač (alphabetic collator). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese classificadora de cartões (collator). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai ผู้ที่เปรียบเทียบ (collator). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina zakladač (collator, collating reproducing punch, copybook, interpolator, spreader), porovnavatel (collator), zakládač (collator), abecední zakladač (alphabetic collator). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 校对机 (collator, interpolator, collators), 整理人 (collator), 校对者 (collator, corrector, proofreader), 复核机 (collator), 装订员 (collator), 对照者 (collator). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 複核機 (collator), 配頁機 (collator), 對併器 (collator). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech zakladač (collator, collating reproducing punch, copybook, interpolator, spreader), porovnavatel (collator), zakládač (collator), abecední zakladač (alphabetic collator). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari تلفيق كننده (schematist, collator, modulator). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Überprüfer (collator, collators), Zusammentragmaschine (collator, gathering machine), Kollationierer (collator), Kartenmischer (card collator, collator, completing machine), Alphabetmischeinrichtung (alphabet collator). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Français interclasseuse (collator, interpolator, sorting machine), assembleuse (assembler, assembling machine, clamp, collator, collector), fusionneuse (collator), société responsable d'établir l'indicateur international du tungstène (collator of the international tungsten indicator), interclasseuse alphabétique (alphabetic collator). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
French interclasseuse (collator, interpolator, sorting machine), assembleuse (assembler, assembling machine, clamp, collator, collector), fusionneuse (collator), société responsable d'établir l'indicateur international du tungstène (collator of the international tungsten indicator), interclasseuse alphabétique (alphabetic collator). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
German Überprüfer (collator, collators), Zusammentragmaschine (collator, gathering machine), Kollationierer (collator), Kartenmischer (card collator, collator, completing machine), Alphabetmischeinrichtung (alphabet collator). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek συλλέκτησ (catcher, collator, compiler, gleaner, picker). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) sillektis (catcher, collator, compiler, gleaner, picker). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 대조자 (collator), 교정자 (corrector, press reader, redactor, reviser, collator), 페이지 수 맞추는 사람 (collator), 병합기 (collator), 낙장 유무를 조사하는 사람 (collator). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 대조자 (collator), 교정자 (corrector, press reader, redactor, reviser, collator), 페이지 수 맞추는 사람 (collator), 병합기 (collator), 낙장 유무를 조사하는 사람 (collator). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic مجمع (academy, college, assembly, collator, congregation). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Überprüfer (collator, collators), Zusammentragmaschine (collator, gathering machine), Kollationierer (collator), Kartenmischer (card collator, collator, completing machine), Alphabetmischeinrichtung (alphabet collator). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Überprüfer (collator, collators), Zusammentragmaschine (collator, gathering machine), Kollationierer (collator), Kartenmischer (card collator, collator, completing machine), Alphabetmischeinrichtung (alphabet collator). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian válogatógép (collator, picker), kollacionáló munkás (collator), összehordó munkás (collator), szövegegyeztető (collator), szövegegyeztetõ (collator), munkás (worker, hand, operative, workers, working), kollacionáló (collator), egyházjavadalmat adományozó személy (collator), összehordó (collator). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian raccoglitrice (collator, harvester, picker), inseritrice (collator, inserting machine), confronta (compare, compares, collate, collates, collator), collatore (collator), chi collazione (collator), collazionatore (collator). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 校合者 (collator), コレータ (collator), 照合機 (collator). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 대조자 (collator), 교정자 (corrector, press reader, redactor, reviser, collator), 페이지 수 맞추는 사람 (collator), 병합기 (collator), 낙장 유무를 조사하는 사람 (collator). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Latvian sanešanas mašīna (collator, gathering machine). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Latviska sanešanas mašīna (collator, gathering machine). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettisch sanešanas mašīna (collator, gathering machine). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettish sanešanas mašīna (collator, gathering machine). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar válogatógép (collator, picker), kollacionáló munkás (collator), összehordó munkás (collator), szövegegyeztető (collator), szövegegyeztetõ (collator), munkás (worker, hand, operative, workers, working), kollacionáló (collator), egyházjavadalmat adományozó személy (collator), összehordó (collator). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi تلفيق كننده (schematist, collator, modulator). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian تلفيق كننده (schematist, collator, modulator). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) تلفيق كننده (schematist, collator, modulator). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish kolator (collator, interpolator, patron, presenter). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch kolator (collator, interpolator, patron, presenter). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski kolator (collator, interpolator, patron, presenter). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese classificadora de cartões (collator). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian сортировально-подборочная машина (collator), подборочная машина (collator, gathering machine), машина для подборки (collator, gathering machine), брошюровщик (stitcher, collator). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) sortirovalʹno-podborochnaya mashina (collator), podborochnaya mashina (collator, gathering machine), mashina dlya podborki (collator, gathering machine), broshyurovshchik (stitcher, collator). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki сортировально-подборочная машина (collator), подборочная машина (collator, gathering machine), машина для подборки (collator, gathering machine), брошюровщик (stitcher, collator). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) sortirovalʹno-podborochnaya mashina (collator), podborochnaya mashina (collator, gathering machine), mashina dlya podborki (collator, gathering machine), broshyurovshchik (stitcher, collator). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Scots Gaelic co-mheasair (collator). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese ผู้ที่เปรียบเทียบ (collator). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovak zakladač (collator, interpolator), abecedný zakladač (alphabetic collator). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovakian zakladač (collator, interpolator), abecedný zakladač (alphabetic collator). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish intercaladora (collator), compaginador (collate, collator, maker-up, pager, clicker), alzador (lifter, collator), un apunte (bus, collator), Este dispositivo de colacion permite (collator), cotejador de textos (collator), alzadora (collator), cotejador transitorio (suspense collator). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai ผู้ที่เปรียบเทียบ (collator). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai ผู้ที่เปรียบเทียบ (collator). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang ผู้ที่เปรียบเทียบ (collator). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu نسخے یا کتابوں کا مقابلہ کرنے والا (collator). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, collator. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: COLLATOR

Language Translations for “collator” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag cathagollathagatathagor (collator). Additional references: Athag, collator. (volunteer)
Double Dutch cagollagatagor (collator). Additional references: Double Dutch, collator. (volunteer)
Leet <0114-|-0[z (collator). Additional references: Leet, collator. (volunteer)
Oppish copollopatopor (collator). Additional references: Oppish, collator. (volunteer)
Pig Latin ollatorcay (collator). Additional references: Pig Latin, collator. (volunteer)
Terran B coleacionae (collator). Additional references: Terran B, collator. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi cubollubatubor (collator). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, collator. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: COLLATOR

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin 500 BCE - 1700 contributor (collator). Additional references: Latin, collator. (volunteer)
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