plural preppers
: a person who prepares something or prepares for something
a food/meal prepper
a hair prepper
specifically
: a person who gathers materials and makes plans in preparation for surviving a major disaster or cataclysm (such as worldwide economic collapse or war)
doomsday preppers
I consider myself something of a prepper. I don't necessarily believe there is an apocalypse coming anytime soon. However, there are certain items I always keep on hand just in case. —
Jennifer Wyatt Emory
Jennifer Wyatt Emory Examples of prepper in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The demography of preppers is shifting in the US, too, said NBC News.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 28 May 2024
Numerous prepper websites include extensive lists of apocalypse-ready supplies.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
The far-right universe includes preppers, vegan neo-Nazis, anti-vaccine activists, QAnon followers, and thousands of unclassifiable radicals who have assembled bits of far-right propaganda into choose-your-own-adventure belief systems that don’t always make much sense to outsiders.
—Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
The Free File program got more attention recently after the IRS changed its rules in 2020 to prevent tax preppers from hiding their free services.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 May 2024
Researchers say the number of preppers has doubled in size to about 20 million since 2017.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
Others whose main fear is lawlessness are frequently the gun enthusiasts stereotypically associated with the prepper movement.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
In his book Survival of the Richest, media theorist Douglass Rushkoff describes meeting with a group of billionaire preppers who bombarded him with questions about how best to configure their bunkers to survive the end times.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
Find it on Amazon This Rapid Egg Cooker Has Over 92,000 5-Star Reviews
Cooking six eggs at once, the Rapid Egg Cooker is a meal prepper’s or busy mom’s essential.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 28 May 2024
Numerous prepper websites include extensive lists of apocalypse-ready supplies.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
The far-right universe includes preppers, vegan neo-Nazis, anti-vaccine activists, QAnon followers, and thousands of unclassifiable radicals who have assembled bits of far-right propaganda into choose-your-own-adventure belief systems that don’t always make much sense to outsiders.
—Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
The Free File program got more attention recently after the IRS changed its rules in 2020 to prevent tax preppers from hiding their free services.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 May 2024
Researchers say the number of preppers has doubled in size to about 20 million since 2017.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
Others whose main fear is lawlessness are frequently the gun enthusiasts stereotypically associated with the prepper movement.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
In his book Survival of the Richest, media theorist Douglass Rushkoff describes meeting with a group of billionaire preppers who bombarded him with questions about how best to configure their bunkers to survive the end times.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
Find it on Amazon This Rapid Egg Cooker Has Over 92,000 5-Star Reviews
Cooking six eggs at once, the Rapid Egg Cooker is a meal prepper’s or busy mom’s essential.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Prepper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prepper. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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