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Meaning of EMPLOYEE

Pronunciation:  em'ployee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a worker who is hired to perform a job
 
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 Antonyms: employer
 
 See Also: barkeep, barkeeper, barman, bartender, clerk, company man, copyist, copywriter, crewman, deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman, dining-room attendant, dispatcher, dog catcher, dustman, floater, floorwalker, garbage collector, garbage man, gardener, gasman, gofer, hired help, hireling, jobholder, line worker, liveryman, mixologist, office boy, organization man, pensionary, porter, potboy, potman, public servant, Pullman porter, railroad man, railroader, railway man, railwayman, redcap, refuse collector, registrar, restaurant attendant, salesperson, sandwichman, scribe, scrivener, shop assistant, shopwalker, spotter, staff member, staffer, stage technician, stagehand, sweeper, toll agent, toll collector, toller, tollgatherer, tollkeeper, tollman, tolltaker, trainman, turncock, typist, worker, working man, working person, workman

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Em`ploy*ee"\, n. [The Eng. form of employ['e].]
One employed by another.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: assistant, blue-collar worker, breadwinner, casual, casual laborer, common laborer, day laborer, factory worker, flunky, free lance, free-lancer, full-time worker, girl Friday, hand, helper, hired hand, hired man, hireling, industrial worker, inferior, jobber, jobholder, junior, laborer, laboring man, man Friday, menial, mercenary, migrant, moiler, myrmidon, navvy, office temporary, pensioner, proletarian, right-hand man, roustabout, salaried worker, secondary, self-employed person, servant, stiff, subordinate, temporary, toiler, underling, understrapper, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, worker, workgirl, workhand, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman
 

 

 

 

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