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preppers

preppers is the plural of prepper.

Meaning of prepper

Noun (1)

prepper (plural preppers)

  1. (UK, slang) A student at a prep school.
    Synonyms:
    preppy
  2. (UK, slang) A prep school.
    • ‘We have a vacancy at a very nice little prepper in North Yorkshire. Cundall Manor.’2010, Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles

Noun (2)

prepper (plural preppers)

  1. Someone who actively prepares for emergencies by having useful things on hand, such as extra water, food, medicine, fuel, and so on.
    1. (extreme degree) A survivalist.
      • Preppers are keen not to be seen as survivalists – the stereotypically anti-government, wood-dwelling, gun-toting hermits of past decades. Rather than isolating themselves in preparation for Armageddon, preppers tend to have normal jobs, mingle with their communities and take a more relaxed view...2010 March 26, Madeleine Morris, “Americans get set for disaster day”, in BBC News

Questions about preppers

What is preppers the plural of?
Preppers is the plural of prepper.

Words near preppers in the dictionary

  1. prepotently
  2. prepped
  3. prepped out
  4. prepped up
  5. prepper
  6. preppers
  7. preppie
  8. preppier
  9. preppies
  10. preppiest
  11. preppily

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