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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