[f. EMPLOY v. + -ER.] a. One who employs. Const. of. b. spec. One who employs servants, workmen, etc., for wages.

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1599.  Shaks., Much Ado, V. ii. 31. Troilous the first imploier of pandars.

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1668.  Child, Disc. Trade (1694), 165 (T.). Owner or employer of much Shiping.

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1742.  Richardson, Pamela, IV. 103. To present her Imployer with Bills for 500l.

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1780.  Burke, Œcon. Reform, Wks. III. 286. Making it the interest of the contractor to exert … skill for … his employers.

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1856.  Froude, Hist. Eng. (1858), I. i. 21. Agricultural labourers lived … in the houses of their employers.

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1878.  Jevons, Prim. Pol. Econ., 64. Employers are regarded as tyrants who can do just as they like.

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