Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who treats, in any sense of the word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Anything that
treats . - noun 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
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Examples
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No age limit on Gwinnett police Taser policy | ajc. com: Last week's use of a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed 14-year-old trick or treater is within Gwinnett County police policy, which has no age provision, police said.
Archive 2007-11-04 Bill Crider 2007
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No age limit on Gwinnett police Taser policy | ajc. com: Last week's use of a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed 14-year-old trick or treater is within Gwinnett County police policy, which has no age provision, police said.
Sometimes Georgia Leads the Way Bill Crider 2007
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Thus, unless you are invited, it would be bad form among gentlemen to order wine when invited to drink unless the "treater" asks you to have wine; he means a drink of whisky, brandy, or a mixed drink, or you may take soda or a cigar, or you may refuse.
As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home Anonymous
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I'd have expected a more quality trick or treater round your way, I must say.
You Were Rubbish, Sir Roger Langridge 2009
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She could make the blood run cold of any trick or treater darkening the door of her house tomorrow night.
Heckling, H1N1, sexism, politics, poor taste and an apology - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca 2009
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ROMANS: Or it is the average weight of the stash per trick-or - treater.
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MOOS: As Obama went from house to house like a trick or treater, there were a few squeals.
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And as you can see, she brought along a little trick or treater.
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MOOS: As Obama went from house to house like a trick or treater, there were a few squeals.
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Since we're about, I don't know, 20 hours ahead or something, we've already HAD Halloween - and not a single trick or treater.
Sick but not Dead (Sick is better); have fun for me? Elizabeth McClung 2008
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