collator noun. [kɒ'leɪtǝ] LME.
[Latin collator, formed as COLLATE: see -OR. In senses 2, 3 = medieval Latin collator, French collateur.]
1. A collector. rare. Only in LME.

2. A person who collates a text, edition, etc.; a person who collates the sheets of a printed book etc. E17.

3. Ecclesiastical. A person who collates to a benefice. E17.

4. A person who bestows. M17.

5. A machine for combining sets of punched cards, or sheets to form copies of a document. M20.

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