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employé

UK/ɒmˈplɔɪeɪ/US/ˌɑmˈplɔɪeɪ/

employé noun: dated spelling of employee.

Noun

employé (plural employés)

  1. Dated spelling of employee.
    • A very respectable employé assured me that as many as 1000 families had in the past ten years emigrated to the Chinese side of the Amnok, which is about five miles from the town, but the neighbourhood bore a flourishing appearance, and the population was said to be still increasing.1888, W. R. Carles, Life in Corea, Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, →OL, pages 228–229
    • Lake Le Barge was named after Mike Le Barge, an employé of the Western Union Telegraph Company, who was employed in constructing the overland telegraph line from America to Europe (via Bering Straits) in 1867. The completion of the Atlantic Cable in 1866 put an-end to this project.1898, Harry de Windt, Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 76

Forms of employé

pluralemployés

Origin of employé

Borrowed from French employé.

Questions about employé

What does employé mean?
Employé means dated spelling of employee.
What part of speech is employé?
Employé is a noun.
How do you pronounce employé?
Employé is pronounced /ɒmˈplɔɪeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of employé?
The plural of employé is employés.

Words near employé in the dictionary

  1. employment-at-will
  2. employmentally challenged
  3. employments
  4. employs
  5. employs a steam engine to crack a nut
  6. employé
  7. employée
  8. employées
  9. employés
  10. emplume
  11. emplumed

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