clerk
noun
a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
clerks
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pluralof clerk.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He is said to hate imposing any assignments on his clerks that would require them to work on the weekends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Then scammers typically pile on pressure, adding voices claiming to be attorneys, courtroom clerks or bank tellers -- a cast of fictitious characters in a chaotic, urgent-sounding call.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Yet around 16.5 million Americans work in office- and administrative-support jobs like customer-service reps, office clerks and data-entry keyers, according to the Labor Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
It’s judge to lawyers; judge to parties; judges to their own law clerks.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
The clerks occasionally told somebody to buy or get out, not to just look and look and look and paw and paw.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
