employer has definitions from the field of work
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[ noun ] (work) a person or firm that employs workers

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

He would consign the cash box into the hands of Jed_Hawksworth , then stand_by while his employer checked the contents and the list of items sold .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

This baffling lack of distinct details recalls the secretary whose employer was leaving the office and told her what to answer if anyone called in his absence .

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