preparator

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pri parə tər, -pâr-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pre•par•a•tor  (pri parə tər, -pâr-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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


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