town clerk


noun
  1. a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.

Origin of town clerk

1
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Words Nearby town clerk

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How to use town clerk in a sentence

  • In his dual capacity as selectman and town clerk Asaph felt himself to be a very important personage.

    Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for town clerk

town clerk

noun
  1. (in Britain until 1974) the secretary and chief administrative officer of a town or city

  2. (in the US) the official who keeps the records of a town

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