employee

or em·ploy·e, em·ploy·é

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

noun

a person working for another person or a business firm for pay.

Origin of employee

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

Related formspre·em·ploy·ee, nounpro·em·ploy·ee, adjective

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Examples from the Web for employes

Historical Examples of employes

Unscrupulous employers often endeavor to control the votes of their employes.
The Railroad Question
William Larrabee
It is said that one-third of the employes in the State House are women.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
In some of the unskilled departments fifty per cent of the employes are black.
Negro Migration during the War
Emmett J. Scott
These two employes and I took a cab to the hotel where we have stopped.
Oswald Langdon
Carson Jay Lee
Acquaint yourself with the operations of other employes in similar work.
Dollars and Sense
Col. Wm. C. Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for employes

employee

sometimes US employe

noun

a person who is hired to work for another or for a business, firm, etc, in return for paymentAlso called (esp formerly): employé

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Word Origin and History for employes

employee

"person employed," 1850, mainly in U.S. use, from employ + -ee.