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treator

treator is the alternative spelling of treater.

Meaning of treater

Noun

treater (plural treaters)

  1. 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
  2. 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 of treator

pluraltreators

Origin of treator

From treat + -or.

Questions about treator

What is treator the alternative spelling of?
Treator is the alternative spelling of treater.

Words near treator in the dictionary

  1. treatless
  2. treatment
  3. treatment-naïve
  4. treatments
  5. treato
  6. treator
  7. treators
  8. treatos
  9. treats
  10. treats like dirt
  11. treats like garbage

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