employer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   a person or firm that employs workers

Etymology

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