Hiree

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An individual who has recently been given a job or position by an employer
2. Someone selected and taken on by a company or organization as a new employee
3. A person who has been brought onto a workforce through the process of employment

Etymology: The word "hiree" is simply "hire" with the suffix "-ee," which in English marks the person who receives an action. Its pattern goes back to Old French, where a past participle ending in "-é" was carried into English as "-ee" in Middle English, and from there it became a productive way to name the recipient of a verb, as in "employee," "trainee," and "payee." The verb "hire" traces back much further. It came into English from Old French "-ébor" forms, descended from Latin "-ātus" and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots that Middle English inherited as "hire," meaning a payment or wage. The noun sense of "one who is hired" therefore stands at the end of a long chain: a wage, then the act of paying for labour, and finally the worker who receives that payment.

Synonyms: employee, worker, staff member, recruit, appointee

Antonyms: employer, manager, boss, supervisor