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EMPLOYEE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who is hired to perform a job

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

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

liveryman (a worker in a livery stable)

office boy (a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office)

organization man (an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization)

porter; Pullman porter (a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars))

potboy; potman (a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores)

public servant (someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment))

registrar (a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company)

sales rep; sales representative; salesperson (a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited))

sandwichman (a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders)

spotter (a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers))

spotter (a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots)

staff member; staffer (an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States))

stage technician; stagehand (an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production)

stock-taker; stocktaker (an employee whose job is to take inventory)

sweeper (an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.))

toll agent; toll collector; toll taker; toller; tollgatherer; tollkeeper; tollman (someone employed to collect tolls)

railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman (an employee of a railroad)

turncock (one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off)

typist (someone paid to operate a typewriter)

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)

barkeep; barkeeper; barman; bartender; mixologist (an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar)

clerk (an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts))

company man (an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers)

copyist; scribe; scrivener (someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts)

copywriter (a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy)

crewman (a member of a work crew)

deliverer; delivery boy; deliveryman (someone employed to make deliveries)

dining-room attendant; restaurant attendant (someone employed to provide service in a dining room)

dispatcher (employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service)

dog catcher (an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats)

floater (an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed)

floorwalker; shopwalker (an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems)

gardener (someone employed to work in a garden)

gasman (someone employed by a gas company)

gofer (an employee whose duties include running errands)

hire (a newly hired employee)

hired help (employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively))

hireling; pensionary (a person who works only for money)

jobholder (an employee who holds a regular job)

line worker (an employee who works on an assembly line)

Antonym:

employer (a person or firm that employs workers)

Derivation:

employ (engage or hire for work)

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