clerk
a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
a salesclerk.
a person who keeps the records and performs the routine business of a court, legislature, board, etc.
a member of the clergy; ecclesiastic.
a lay person charged with various minor ecclesiastical duties.
Archaic.
a person who is able to read, or to read and write.
a scholar.
to act or serve as a clerk.
Origin of clerk
1Other words from clerk
- clerkish, adjective
- clerklike, adjective
- clerkship, noun
- outclerk, noun
- subclerk, noun
- sub·clerk·ship, noun
- un·der·clerk, noun
- un·der·clerk·ship, noun
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How to use clerk in a sentence
I clerked for many of them, including the one female Rabbi working for the state.
A Jewish Ex-Con Recalls Keeping Kosher with the Faithful in Prison | Daniel Genis | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe clerked for the same Rabbi I did, only in the neighboring prison.
A Jewish Ex-Con Recalls Keeping Kosher with the Faithful in Prison | Daniel Genis | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlso a young man named Edward Brownell, who clerked in the book-store on the ground floor.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe building in which Lincoln clerked for Denton Offutt was standing as late as 1836, and presumably stood until it rotted down.
In 1855, Moritz Schlesinger, Herman's brother, came here and 76 clerked for the firm.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 | Harris Newmark
He originally clerked for his brother, and for a short time was in partnership with him and Hilliard Loewenstein.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 | Harris NewmarkHe first clerked for Solomon Lazard, in the retail dry-goods business; and in 1867 he was admitted into partnership.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 | Harris Newmark
British Dictionary definitions for clerk
/ (klɑːk, US Canadian klɜːrk) /
a worker, esp in an office, who keeps records, files, etc
clerk to the justices (in England) a legally qualified person who sits in court with lay justices to advise them on points of law
an employee of a court, legislature, board, corporation, etc, who keeps records and accounts, etc: a town clerk
Also called: clerk of the House British a senior official of the House of Commons
Also called: clerk in holy orders a cleric
US and Canadian short for salesclerk
Also called: desk clerk US and Canadian a hotel receptionist
archaic a scholar
(intr) to serve as a clerk
Origin of clerk
1Derived forms of clerk
- clerkdom, noun
- clerkish, adjective
- clerkship, noun
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