hirer
hirer is the agent noun of hire.
Meaning of hire
Noun
hire (countable and uncountable, plural hires)
- A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
- We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
- The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
- When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
- Synonyms:
- employ
- Payment for the temporary use of something.
- The sign offered pedalos on hire.
- Reward.
- I vvill him reaue of armes, the victors hire, / And of that ſhield, more vvorthy of good knight; / For vvhy ſhould a dead dog be deckt in armour bright?1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Forms of hirer
| plural | hirers |
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Origin of hirer
From hire + -er.
Words that rhyme with hirer
- firer
- wirer
- acquirer
- admirer
- aspirer
- conspirer
- desirer
- expirer
- inquirer
- inspirer
- nonadmirer
- requirer
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Questions about hirer
- What is hirer the agent noun of?
- Hirer is the agent noun of hire.
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