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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person or firm that employs workers;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Employer \Em*ploy"er\, n. One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

employer n 1: a person or firm that employs workers [ant: employee]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "employer": boss, business, bwana, chef, chief, church dignitary, company, consumer, corporation, director, ecclesiarch, elder, enjoyer, establishment, firm, gaffer, goodman, governor, guru, head, husband, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, manager, master, organization, outfit, overlord, owner, padrone, paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, proprietor, rabbi, sahib, seigneur, seignior, starets, teacher, user
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

EMPLOYER. One who has engaged or hired the services of another. He is entitled to rights and bound to perform duties. 2.-1. His rights are, to be served according to the terms of the contract. 2. He has a right against third persons for an injury to the person employed, or for harboring him, so as to deprive the employer of his services. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2295. 3. His duties are to pay the workman the compensation agreed upon, or if there be no special agreement, such just recompense as he deserves. Vide Hire; Hirer.