preparator
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of preparator
1755–65; < Late Latin praeparātor preparer, equivalent to praeparā ( re ) to prepare + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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The fossil was painstakingly prepared by the late fossil preparator Andrew Grebneff and remained in the Department's collection for several years.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
Beneath it, Blasto Onyango, head preparator of the National Museums of Kenya, found a huge hominin molar.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 8, 2023
David A. Burnham, a preparator in vertebrate paleontology at a University of Kansas museum, who is also identified as having studied Shen, explained in the report how he calculated the “bone density” figure.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022
“It’s very low tech,” said Jabo, a Smithsonian fossil preparator.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2015
Before reaching the latter we find two offices that face each other, one of them for the lecturer and the other for the preparator.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 by Various
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