treater en · NOUN
Etymology
From treat + -er.
Meanings
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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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| treaters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |