prepper UK /ˈpɹɛpə/US /ˈpɹɛpɚ/ noun4 •Someone who actively prepares for emergencies by having useful things on hand, such as extra water, food, medicine, fuel, and so on. •A survivalist.The preppers were living in flush times in a beautiful region, but it seemed like the first thing they did with money was steel for the apocalypse. — 2020 •(UK, slang) A student at a prep school. •(UK, slang) A prep school.‘We have a vacancy at a very nice little prepper in North Yorkshire. Cundall Manor.’ — 2010 formspreppers