preparator

American  

[pri-par-uh-ter, -pair-] / prɪˈpær ə tər, -ˈpɛər- /

noun

1. a person who prepares a specimen, as an animal, for scientific examination or exhibition.

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Etymology

Origin of preparator

1755–65; < Late Latin praeparātor preparer, equivalent to praeparā ( re ) to prepare + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Viola snagged a part-time job there as a technician and exhibition preparator, and he would have his first exhibition at the Everson in 1973.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2024

Beneath it, Blasto Onyango, head preparator of the National Museums of Kenya, found a huge hominin molar.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 8, 2023

For the past three years, removing more of Dakota’s fossils from stone has been the work of Mindy Householder, another co-author of the study and a preparator at the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Michael Schmauder, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s lead preparator, created a copy of Apple Corps’ front door.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2022

This subject is more of interest to the museum preparator than the home taxidermist, but a short consideration of it is not out of place here.

From Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration by Farnham, Albert B.