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

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 can be very addictive, seeing what you’re going to find,” said Erika Durazo, a senior preparator.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 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