Meanings
nouncollator (plural collators)
plural collators
- A person who collates.
- computingA program or algorithm that collates.
- historicalcomputingA machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
- A police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence.
Origin
Translations
Catalan col·lador
- col·ladorperson who collates
French collateur
- collateurperson who collates
Italian selezionatrice
- selezionatricemachine
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with collator
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
collator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collator
MLA
“collator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collator.
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