‖ employé
(ɑ̃plwaje)
[a. F. employé, pa. pple. of employer to employ.]
One who is employed. (In Fr. use chiefly applied to clerks; in Eng. use gen. to the persons employed for wages or salary by a house of business, or by government.)
Hence also employée, a female employé.
| 1834 O. P. Q. in Spectator 22 Nov. 1112/2 An old bankrupt employé of the Empire. 1848 Mill Pol. Econ. i. ix. §2. (1876) 87 Connecting.. the interest of the employés with the..success of the concern. 1860 Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. cii. 4 No representations against a Government employé shall be entertained. 1862 Macm. Mag. July 257 All these employées should be women of character. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 64 In Italy, all railroad employés are subjected to rigorous examination. |