Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who employs; a user; a person engaging or keeping others in service.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who employs another.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person or firm that employs workers
Examples
“In Tony Blairs speech to launch this initiative he included the word employer thirty-six times.”
“For long-term retirement investing, utilizing a Roth, traditional IRA or the 401 (k) plan available through your employer is the best place to start.”
“(Oh, and my employer is a university, so same situation)!”
“Is that not just an extension of the employer based system in which the employer is the single payer of its employees 'insurance?”
“No, the law can only be fairly enforced when the employer is able to check the documents without spending a small fortune.”
Greg Mankiw Steps in it Again, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Unfortunately, as long as the employer is the one making the decision, only the first part of that sentence matters.”
“Since most employers kick money into employee health care, the employer is already more than sort of motivated to keep health care costs as low as possible.”
“But when the employer is the government, in any form,, it should be a non-starter.”
Sound Politics: U.S. Supreme Court will hear state's appeal in WEA case
“And - oh, yes - his employer is the United States government.”
“You shouldn't assume that your employer is an electronic voyeur and wants to know about your personal life," Flynn says.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘employer’.
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people (good)
nouns for good people / words that describe good people.
go to the bad people list
( people, character, descriptor, noun )philanthropist, angel, environmentalist, activist, advocate, volunteer, hero, parent, friend, virtuoso, gentleman, helper and 62 more...
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Triphthongs
Words with triphthongs in
layer, player, payee, pompeii, tyre, fire, higher, liar, employer, soya, paranoia, sequoia and 14 more...
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Legal personal relationship words
Weird words that specify specific aspects of people's legal relationships. ee/or pairs are the best, but sadly not all ees and ors have an associated opposite..
legatee, settlor, beneficiary, mortgagee, mortgagor, lessor, lessee, purchaser, vendor, testator, testatrix, trustee and 19 more...

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