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treator en · NOUN

Etymology

From treat + -or.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of treater.
   alt of treater
   • There are a score - a hundred - in fact I know not how many races of inhabitants here, all to the manor born, and with a pedigree ante-dating William Penn and his charter, his treaties and his aboriginal treators. 1884, Henry Christopher, Tenants of an Old Farm, Leaves from the Note-book Of A Naturalist, page 13:
   • Is "standing treat" a sale of liquor? Certainly to the "treator," but is it a sale to the "treatee"? 1888, Albert Gibson, Robert McLean, Law Notes, volume 7, page 131:
   • […] there the treatment procedures and their effects are relatively independent of the treator's personal involvement. 2014, Irwin Z. Hoffman, Ritual and Spontaneity in the Psychoanalytic Process, page 5:

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