preparator

noun

pre·​par·​a·​tor pri-ˈper-ə-tər 

pri-ˈpa-rə-tər

: one that prepares

specifically : a person who prepares scientific specimens or museum displays

Examples of preparator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Andie Carrillo, zoology preparator with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and a STEM mentor for Girls & Science CBS Some of the daily activities during Carrillo's day at the office include measuring bird beaks, but the process typically involves many steps. —Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026

Then, in 2017, Seubert began showing his artwork at Armendariz’s Gallery VICTOR, where Seubert also was the gallery’s main preparator. —Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025

The art preparator is in charge of moving the work from place to place, while the curator handles the work in the studio. —Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025

Bourque, a fossil preparator in the Florida Museum’s vertebrate paleontology division, and his colleague Edward Stanley, who directs the museum’s digital imaging laboratory, described the new species in a paper published last month in the Journal of Paleontology. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

early Scots preparatore, borrowed from Late Latin praeparātor, from Latin praeparāre "to prepare" + -tor, agent suffix

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for preparator

• declarator
• imperator
• inheritor