hirer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhaɪərər/ UK /ˈhaɪərə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who hires or employs another, or who rents something

The hirer was responsible for returning the equipment undamaged.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who hires or... employer renter lesseeengager

Opposites

employee lessor hireling

Word family

Related forms hire hireling

Etymology

From hire (Old English hȳrian 'to engage for wages', from hȳr 'wages') + the agent suffix -er.

hȳrian Old English *hūzijaną Proto-Germanic

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# hirer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhaɪərər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhaɪərə/

## Meanings
1. a person who hires or employs another, or who rents something

## Examples
- The hirer was responsible for returning the equipment undamaged.

## Synonyms
- employer
- renter
- lessee
- engager

## Antonyms
- employee
- lessor
- hireling

## Related Forms
- hire
- hireling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hȳrian
- Root: *hūzijaną

## Etymology
From hire (Old English hȳrian 'to engage for wages', from hȳr 'wages') + the agent suffix -er.

## AI Etymology
hirer comes from hire (Old English hȳrian 'to engage for wages', from hȳr 'wages') + the agent suffix -er. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "a person who hires or employs another, or who rents something", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as hire and hireling. Its semantic neighborhood includes employer, renter, lessee, and engager, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English hȳrian and Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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