Employer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Employer \Em*ploy"er\, n.
     One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  employer
       n : a person or firm that employs workers [ant: {employee}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "employer":
     boss, business, bwana, chef, chief, church dignitary, company,
     consumer, corporation, director, ecclesiarch, elder, enjoyer,
     establishment, firm, gaffer, goodman, governor, guru, head,
     husband, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, manager, master,
     organization, outfit, overlord, owner, padrone, paramount,
     paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, proprietor, rabbi, sahib,
     seigneur, seignior, starets, teacher, user
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EMPLOYER. One who has engaged or hired the services of another. He is 
  entitled to rights and bound to perform duties. 
       2.-1. His rights are, to be served according to the terms of the 
  contract. 2. He has a right against third persons for an injury to the 
  person employed, or for harboring him, so as to deprive the employer of his 
  services. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2295. 
       3. His duties are to pay the workman the compensation agreed upon, or 
  if there be no special agreement, such just recompense as he deserves. Vide 
  Hire; Hirer.