Meaning & use
preparator
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A person who prepares specimens, exhibits, or materials, especially in a museum or laboratory setting.
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The museum's preparator carefully mounted the fossil for display.
A skilled preparator reconstructed the dinosaur skeleton bone by bone.
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Common in museum and scientific settings, where preparators handle taxidermy, fossil casting, and specimen conservation.
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