/ · 1894 Brewer’s · E · Employé. (French)
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One in our employ: such as clerks, shopmen, servants, etc. Employée, a female employed by a master. Employee, either sex.
“In Italy, all railroad employés are subjected to rigorous examination.”—Harlan: Eyesight, v. 64.
“All these employées should be women of character.”—Macmillan’s Magazine (July, 1862, p. 257).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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