Employer

This word “is from the Freneh, but has become somewhat naturalized in our language. Strictly and etymologically, it means ‘i person employed,’ buf, 1. practice in the French language, it ordiharily is used to signify a person in some official employment, and as generally used with us, though perhaps not confined to any official employment, it is understood to mean some permanent employment or position,” 2 Lans. 458.

See, also, 75 N. Y. 41; 111 Ind. 324, 12 N. E. Rep. 501.

The word is more extensive than “clerk” or “officer.” It signifies any one in place, or having charge or using a function, as well as one in ollice, 3 Ct. Cl. 260.