employer

noun

Etymology: From employ + -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur.

1. A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

   “The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.”

   “Today, at common law, the employer's duty to his employé is to use ordinary and reasonable care for the safety of his employé while he is performing his work.”