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pre•par•a•tor
(pri par′ə tər, -pâr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who prepares a specimen, as an animal, for scientific examination or exhibition.
- Late Latin praeparātor preparer, equivalent. to praeparā(re) to prepare + -tor -tor
- 1755–65