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EMPLOYER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person or firm that employs workers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("employer" is a kind of...):
leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "employer"):
boss; hirer (a person responsible for hiring workers)
master (directs the work of others)
mistress (a woman master who directs the work of others)
padrone (an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.)
Simon Legree; slave driver (a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees)
Antonym:
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
Derivation:
employ (engage or hire for work)
Context examples:
“The subsistence of my family, ma'am,” returned Mr. Micawber, “trembles in the balance. My employer—”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Then he stood up, looked into the keyhole, blew into it, and turning to his employers, made some remark.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
This was all the account I got from Mrs. Fairfax of her employer and mine.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A code specifying the method used by the employer to compute the employee's salary or wages.
(Employee Salary Type, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A summary of somebody's educational and work experience, usually for the information of possible future employers.
(Curriculum Vitae, NCI Thesaurus)
A code specifying the job performed by the employee for the employer.
(Occupation, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Or your former employer might be glad to direct you to one of her contacts and provide you with a glowing introduction.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“You can tell your employer, Lord Mount-James, that I do not wish to have anything to do either with him or with his agents. No, sir—not another word!”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her employers had all been in excellent spirits lately, and she had never known them more cheerful and prosperous.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Many people in the United States get a health insurance policy through their employers.
(Health Insurance, NIH)
