Meanings
nountreater (plural treaters)
plural treaters
- One who or that which treats.
I don't know why I do things like that except that sometimes I think that the principal difference between the treater and the treatee is that the treater is in possession of the keys, if only in a symbolic sense […]
2014, Martin Fleishman, The Casebook of a Residential Care Psychiatrist, page 58 - A vessel used to treat oil-water emulsions by any of several mechanisms so that the oil can be accepted by the pipeline or transport.
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nounsomeone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
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APA
treater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treater
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“treater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treater. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “treater,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treater.
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