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# treater

noun (a treater, treaters) — rare

«treater» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A treater is a person who treats someone, for example who pays for or gives them something nice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/#m1)
2. It is mostly found in «trick-or-treater», a child who goes from house to house at Halloween asking for sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and everyday life in the USA, Canada, the UK, Ireland and other places, «trick-or-treaters» knock on doors on Halloween night in costumes. Alone, «treater» is rare. Safety lessons say trick-or-treaters should go with an adult, carry a torch and only visit houses they know. Phrases: «trick-or-treaters», «little treaters».

### Examples

- The trick-or-treaters wore scary masks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/#x1)
- We gave sweets to every trick-or-treater who knocked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/#x2)
- A group of little treaters stood on the porch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/#x3)
- Trick-or-treaters should stay with a grown-up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/#x4)
- Our house had a pumpkin to welcome trick-or-treaters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/#x5)
- Dad was the treater today and bought us ice cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/#x6)

### Note

Countable noun, plural treaters. Mostly part of «trick-or-treater» (with hyphens). On its own it is rare; prefer «the person who treated us».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «treater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treater/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«treater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/treater.html) on Mova free.