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treatee

treatee noun: one who receives treatment.

Noun

treatee (plural treatees)

  1. One who receives treatment.
    • 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
  2. One who is given a treat.
    • 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

Forms of treatee

pluraltreatees

Origin of treatee

From treat + -ee.

Questions about treatee

What does treatee mean?
Treatee means one who receives treatment.
What part of speech is treatee?
Treatee is a noun.
What is the plural of treatee?
The plural of treatee is treatees.

Words near treatee in the dictionary

  1. treated like shit
  2. treated like trash
  3. treated of
  4. treated with kid gloves
  5. treatedst
  6. treatee
  7. treatees
  8. treater
  9. treaters
  10. treatest
  11. treateth

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