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treatee

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English

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Etymology

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From treat +‎ -ee.

Noun

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treatee (plural treatees)

  1. One who receives treatment.
    • 2014, Martin Fleishman, The Casebook of a Residential Care Psychiatrist, page 58:
      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 []
  2. One who is given a treat.