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employer

/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/ noun B2
  1. A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

Plural employers

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“Thanks, my friends, thanks!” cried Morrel gratefully; “take it—take it; and if you can find another employer, enter his service; you are free to do so.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 338 · C1
“You can tell your employer, Lord Mount-James, that I do not wish to have anything to do either with him or with his agents.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 115 · C1
Godfrey Staunton, and I am convinced that the best service you can do to that gentleman is to return at once to London and to report to your employer that you are unable to trace him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 118 · C1
He had been a kind and considerate employer—not quite what Ames was used to, perhaps; but one can’t have everything.
The Valley of Fear, p. 47 · C1

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