prepper
Americannoun
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preppers
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a person who prepares something, often ahead of an event or action.
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a person who prepares for a future event, particularly for some form of major catastrophe.
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a student who attends a prep school.
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There are nearly 100 “hate and anti-government” groups in the state, including anti-vaxxers, doomsday prepper militias and old-school neo-Nazi outfits, according to the latest publicly available data from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
She thinks there is a stereotype of what a prepper looks like, but in reality there is a spectrum.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Was it the business equivalent of being a doomsday prepper?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Personally, I wasn’t much of a meal prepper.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
“I don’t know if your mom’s a Doomsday prepper or if this is just a panic room, for some reason,” Natalie said.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Leigh, a dad of three, served in the Army but now runs a dedicated preppers shop and is a survival course provider.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Naomi Alderman’s new dystopia, ‘The Future,’ finds a new way into the genre she mastered in ‘The Power’: a battle royal of preppers, tech billionaires and cults.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
The district covers northern Lincoln County, a mecca for militia members or sympathizers and doomsday preppers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
The coronavirus pandemic made tech preppers feel vindicated, for a while.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
My circle of friends is usually limited to Scouts, preppers, or the random offspring of other dentists—so having Alyssa, Garrett, and Jacqui here is kind of a minor big deal for me.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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