EMPLOYEE

employee

(noun) a worker who is hired to perform a job

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

employee (plural employees)

An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.

Hypernyms

• worker

Holonyms

• business, company

Source: Wiktionary


Em`ploy*ee", n. Etym: [The Eng. form of employé.]

Definition: One employed by another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 May 2025

BEATIFY

(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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