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employer

/ɪmˈplɔɪə/ UK
/ɛmˈplɔɪə/ UK
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/ Canada, US
/ɛmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/ Canada, US
/ɪmˈploɪə/ Australia
/emˈploɪə/ Australia
/əmˈploɪə/ New Zealand
/emˈploɪə/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From employ + -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur.

noun employers · imployer

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person. The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
Similar: employer, company, owner, proprietor, firm, business, establishment, organization, outfit · Opposite: employee

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: client, businessman, customer, user, business, entrepreneur, employee, firm, employment, management, owner, pay, workplace, payer, boss, company

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noun person or entity which employs others

Español	empleador, empleadora
한국어	고용주 goyongju
日本語	雇用者 koyōsha
中文	雇主 gùzhǔ, 老板 lǎobǎn
हिन्दी	नियोक्ता niyoktā, मालिक mālik, नियोजक niyojak
Kiswahili	mwajiri
Português	empregador, empregadora
Français	employeur, employeuse
Deutsch	Arbeitgeber, Arbeitgeberin
Italiano	datore di lavoro, datrice di lavoro
Ελληνικά	εργοδότης ergodótis, εργοδότρια ergodótria
Română	angajator, angajatoare
Русский	работода́тель rabotodátelʹ, работода́тельница rabotodátelʹnica, нанима́тель nanimátelʹ, нанима́тельница nanimátelʹnica
Tiếng Việt	chủ, cai thầu, chủ lao động
العربية	رَبّ عَمَل rabb ʕamal, رَبَّة عَمَل rabbat ʕamal, صَاحِب عَمَل ṣāḥib ʕamal, صَاحِبَة عَمَل ṣāḥibat ʕamal, مُسْتَخْدِم mustaḵdim, مُسْتَخْدِمَة mustaḵdima
עברית	מַעֲסִיק ma'asík, מַעֲבִיד ma'avíd

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@misc{employer_2026,
  title = {employer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/employer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}