English > employer: 1 sense > noun 1, person Meaning | A person or firm that employs workers. |
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Narrower | boss, hirer | A person responsible for hiring workers |
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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. |
slave driver, Simon Legree | A cruel employer who demands / demands excessive work from the employees |
Broader | leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
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Opposite | employee | A worker who is hired to perform a job |
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Spanish | empleador, empresaria, empresario, patrona, patrón, patrono |
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Catalan | cap, empresària, empresari, patró, patrona |
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Verbs | employ | engage or hire for work |
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