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prepper

prepper

13 8.1
A person who gets ready for disasters by storing extra food, water, and learning skills to survive
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛpər/
  • UK
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  • The community center hosted a meeting for preppers to share tips on disaster preparedness.
  • Doomsday Preppers

Maybe you're one of these post apocalyptic preppers that's ready for anything.

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Examples

  • It's like the prepper's Bible, and you should buy that before doing anything else.

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  • Since Rand is probably a prepper, we can't help but wonder what he keeps stored in his bunker.

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  • In addition, it is going to be really hard to rent a really good "prepper" property.

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  • It's actually been discussed in the prepper community for years but went mainstream media news in August 2008.

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  • Or even you'd have to be an advanced prepper with military training to be able to survive in a world without agriculture, right?

  • I have a fair bit of silver coins in my safe just for the worst case scenario sort of prepper risk where you might want to do some barter.

  • If you're interested in becoming more self-sufficient, I recommend you join the American Prepper's Network.

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  • Maybe you're one of these post apocalyptic preppers that's ready for anything.

  • As a dedicated prepper, she has stocked her basement with supplies for emergencies.

  • He attended a workshop where experienced preppers taught essential survival skills.

Synonyms

survivalist
vsprepper
19 7.5

A person who stores food and learns to live without help after disasters

focuses on short-term readiness and stockpiling rather than long-term self-sufficiency

How Prepared

survivalist
19 7.5
prepper
  • UK
13 8.1

Surface Forms

prepper singular
preppers plural

Morphology

prepper = prep (transparent) = prep + er

Formed by the informal verb 'prep' plus the agentive suffix '-er'; the meaning 'one who prepares' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Prepper comes from the verb prepare, which means 'to get ready', plus the ending -er that names a person who does something. So a prepper is someone who gets ready for emergencies by keeping food, water, and other supplies on hand.