"offshorer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: offshorers [plural]
Etymology: From offshore + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|offshore|er}} offshore + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} offshorer (plural offshorers)
  1. An organization that sends work abroad, hiring foreign labour as a substitute for local labour.
    Sense id: en-offshorer-en-noun-bXq4gbRC
  2. An organization that accepts offshored work from others.
    Sense id: en-offshorer-en-noun-GrSk73sN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 37 63

Inflected forms

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