TREATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does treater mean? 

• TREATER (noun)
  The noun TREATER has 1 sense:

1. someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

  Familiarity information: TREATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

negotiant; negotiator; treater

Hypernyms ("treater" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "treater"):

go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)

bargainer (negotiator of the terms of a transaction)

compromiser (a negotiator willing to compromise)

holdout (a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms)

negotiatress; negotiatrix (a woman negotiator)

representative (a person who represents others)

settler (a negotiator who settles disputes)

Derivation:

treat (engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement)