file clerk

American  

noun

1. an office employee whose principal work is to file and retrieve papers, records, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of file clerk

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The Los Angeles Police Department wasn’t hiring, so he worked as a file clerk at Northrop Aircraft temporarily and eventually began opening training schools for martial arts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

David Super, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump's lawyers are likely to argue that the former president was just a "really bad file clerk".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023

After graduating from high school in 1964, he worked as an FBI file clerk and served in the Army in Frankfurt, Germany, before settling in Washington in 1967 after his discharge.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022

He brought her to the courthouse often and put her to work as his file clerk starting in elementary school.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2022

Mr. Gonzalez wondered how the file clerk managed to do his filing without disturbing the tender shoots.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole