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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.

Etymology

Origin of preparator

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

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