bank clerk

American  

noun

British.

bank clerks plural

1. teller.

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bank clerk British  

noun

1. an employee of a bank

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bank clerks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bank clerk

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

However, Abbas Kazemi, a 32-year-old bank clerk, offered a far different reason why he is heading to the polls — protecting Iran’s legislature from the influence of the hard-liners that have controlled it for decades.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Although he had studied as a religious scholar, he worked as a bank clerk and was for years the Afghan state bank’s representative in Karachi, which was then a port city in undivided India.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Anastasiia Tolchynska, a 29-year-old bank clerk, came to the restaurant to collect meals for herself and work her colleagues.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2022

Her father, Juan Pablo Orellano, was a bank clerk, her aunt said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2021

Cullivan, in appearance a cautious bank clerk with depleted hair and a face rather difficult to recall, agreed that outwardly he hadn’t changed much.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote