The night before. the lottery, Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves made up the slips of paper and put them in the box, and it was. then taken to the safe of Mr. Summers' coal company and locked up until Mr. Summers was ready to take. it to the square next morning.
Full Definition of SURVIVALIST. : a person who advocates or practices survivalism; especially: one who has prepared to survive in the anarchy of an anticipated breakdown of society. â survivalist adjective. See survivalist defined for English-language learners.
Use of the term survivalist dates from 1976. The terms prepper and prep are derived from the word prepare, and have grown in popularity since the 1990s, partly as a reaction to terrorists like Ted Kaczynski and Timothy McVeigh and stereotypes connected with them.