preparator
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of preparator
1755–65; < Late Latin praeparātor preparer, equivalent to praeparā ( re ) to prepare + -tor -tor
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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
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
Her early work as a fossil preparator didn’t even include the possibility of fossil skin.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
The object is to keep all the fragments and splinters of bone together until it can reach the skilful hands of the museum preparator.
From Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections by Henry Fairfield Osborn
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