[a. F. employé, pa. pple. of employer to employ.] One who is employed. (In Fr. use chiefly applied to clerks; in Eng. use gen. to the persons employed for wages or salary by a house of business, or by government.)
Hence also Employée, a female employé.
1834. O. P. Q., in Spectator, 22 Nov., 1112/2. An old bankrupt employé of the Empire.
1848. Mill, Pol. Econ., I. ix. § 2 (1876), 87. Connecting … the interest of the employés with the … success of the concern.
1860. Gen. P. Thompson, Audi Alt., III. cii. 4. No representations against a Government employé shall be entertained.
1862. Macm. Mag., July, 257. All these employées should be women of character.
1879. Harlan, Eyesight, v. 64. In Italy, all railroad employés are subjected to rigorous examination.
