From , first attested in the late 16th century.

• (General American) enPR: ĭm-ploiʹər, ĕm-ploiʹər, IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/, /ɛmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmˈplɔɪə/
• (Australia) IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmplɔɪˈə/

employer (plural employers)

1. A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:

     The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.

• employ
• employee
• employment

• French: employeur, employeuse
• German: Arbeitgeber, Arbeitgeberin
• Italian: datore di lavoro, datrice di lavoro
• Portuguese: empregador, empregadora
• Russian: работода́тель
• Spanish: empleador, empleadora