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employe

 [em-ploi-ee, em-ploi-ee, em-ploi-ee]   Origin

em·ploy·ee

   [em-ploi-ee, em-ploi-ee, em-ploi-ee]
noun
a person working for another person or a business firm for pay.
Also, em·ploy·e, em·ploy·é.

Origin:
1825–35; < French employé employed, past participle of employer to employ; see -ee

Related forms
pre·em·ploy·ee, noun
pro·em·ploy·ee, adjective
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employee or sometimes (US) employe (ɛmˈplɔɪiː, ˌɛmplɔɪˈiː)
 
—n
Also called (esp formerly): employé a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc, in return for payment
 
employe or sometimes (US) employe
 
—n

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employe
person employed, 1834, from Fr. employé (fem. employée), noun use of pp. of employer (see employ).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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