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
She often worked multiple jobs at a time, including tutoring, carpentry, mowing highways, waiting tables, and clerking.
Is Roger Ailes clerking for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia?
Did Scalia Parrot Fox News During Health-Care Arguments? | Matthew DeLuca | April 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDonahoe told a story where his wife was clerking for a judge and it fell on him to take the kids to school.
Trapped in the 'Marzipan Layer': Why Women Can't Make it to the Top | Kristina Dell | March 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST"Yes, still clerking for the same drover," admitted Straw, glancing at the wounded limb.
Wells Brothers | Andy AdamsIn 1848 he went to Madison and began clerking in a general store.
No wonder Al didn't succeed at bank clerking, but had to make his hit at diplomacy and the high arts.
The Melting of Molly | Maria Thompson DaviessI am clerking it with him, and shall be a neighbor of yours this winter; that is, a mile off, up at the office of my uncle.
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. RandHer mother and father had married when they were young and clerking together in a small village store.
The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines | Margaret O'Bannon Womack Vandercook
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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