Reverse Dictionary: EMPLOY

NOUNS
► ADOPERATION application, employment → 1817
► BROKEN TIME time lost from regular employment → 1895
► EMPLEOMANIA an obsession with public employment → 1845
► IMPLYMENT employment → 1614 obs.
► LABOUR, THE the labour exchange; the employment exchange; the job centre → 1920s sl.
► MOONLIGHTING taking a second job, usually late-night, in addition to one’s daily employment → 1950s sl.
► PIECE-OUT employment, a job, esp. if temporary → 1860 tailors’ sl.
► SANTERMENT trifling employment → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SHOP a period of employment or an engagement → 1885 theatrical sl.
► THRIFT work, occupation, employment, business → 1798 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAAS a master, an employer of labour → 1625 S. Afr.
► BALEBOOS a male employer → Bk1982 Jewish 
► BEAN-FEASTER one who attends an annual dinner given by employers to their work-people → 1884
► BOSS-MAN an employer; a supervisor; a person in authority → 1908 Amer. dial.
► CAZZELTY a man temporarily employed → 1851 Eng. dial.
► DAMPER a sweating employer → c1860 tailors’ sl.
► DRIVER one who compels his employees to do more work for the same wages → 1851 colloq.
► EYE-SERVANT a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer → a1555
► EYE-SERVER a servant or employee who is hard-working or obedient only when observed by his or her master or employer → a1626
► FLOATER one who frequently changes his job; a temporary employee → 1873 sl.
► GAF an employer, overlooker, or the head of a household → Bk1862 Eng. dial.
► GAFFER an employer, a boss, a foreman; a master, a ‘governor’ → a1659 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GRINDER an employer of sweated labour → M19
► HEAD-HUNTER a person who recruits employees by headhunting (targeting people for recruitments, now esp. by identifying and approaching highly skilled or experienced personnel already employed elsewhere) → 1918
► HER NIBS a female employer; a superior → 1898 sl.
► HIRE a person who is hired; an employee → Bk1862
► HIRED GUN an employee or agent, esp. in some aggressive capacity → 1970s US sl.
► HIS NIBS an employer, a superior → 1887 sl.
► INTERLOPER a person of no regular employment → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► JIFFESS an employer’s wife → Bk1896 tailors’ sl.
► LAANIE ► LAHNEE ► LANI ► LANIE ► LARNEY a boss, an employer → 1970s S. Afr. sl. 
► MASTER an employer; the head of a shop or works; the name given to a farmer by the farm labourers → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MASTER-MAN an employer of work-people ..c1400
► MISTRESS an employer → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NABS a master; a governor;- an employer of labour → 1877 Eng. dial. 
► OLD MAN orig. a commanding officer or ship’s captain; hence, one’s employer or superior → 1830 sl.
► PADRONE a master, employer, patron, or proprietor → 1670
► PAY-MASTER an employer of labour → Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
► SAVAGE an employee, esp. the most menial, lowest paid employee → Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
► SHARK an employment agent → 1927 Amer. dial.
► SHOWCASE NIGGER a token Black employee → M20 US sl.
► SIMON LEGREE a cruel overseer or employer → 20C African-American sl.
► TEMP a temporary employee, esp. a temporary secretary → 1932 sl., orig. US
► WALL CRAWLERS shy employees who walk down the hallways with a shoulder pressed against the wall and their eyes cast downward → Bk2006 Amer. sl. 
► WILD DUCK an innovative employee who has a different perspective → Bk2006 Amer. sl. 
► WORKIE ► WORKY an employed person → M19 sl.

PHRASES
► MAN FOR MY MONEY, THE the person whom I should choose to employ or support → colloq.
► ON THE TURF looking for work → 1960s Amer. sl.

VERBS
► ADOPERATE to bring into operation, to employ, to use → 1632 obs.
► CARRY GUTS TO A BEAR to work at dishonourable employment → 1922  Amer. dial.
► FEE to hire, to employ → 1701 Amer. dial.
► IMPLOY to employ → c1460 obs.
► IMPLY to employ → a1533 obs.
► NANNICK to do light, irregular work; to change one’s employment frequently → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TEMP to work as a temporary employee → 1973 sl.