clerk
noun
verb (used without object)
Origin of clerk
Related Words for clerk
cashier, auditor, worker, agent, bookkeeper, operator, salesperson, employee, secretary, receptionist, teller, seller, registrar, notary, transcriber, stenographer, amanuensis, counterperson, recorder, copyistExamples from the Web for clerk
Contemporary Examples of clerk
Judge Hinkle said “the Constitution requires the Clerk to issue such licenses.”
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally OverJay Michaelson
January 5, 2015
Bob Cratchit, the clerk who is the father of Tiny Tim and who meekly serves Scrooge, is paid fifteen shillings a week.
As a way to be more available to needy souls outside the church, Williams took a clerk job at Walgreens pharmacy.
But instead of talking to us and resolving the issue, or getting a manager involved, the clerk calls the cops.
Her new friends jump to her defense and loudly tell the clerk to back off.
Historical Examples of clerk
Was the gentleman” (he chose that word as he looked at the boys) “layman or clerk?
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
He needs a clerk for his law matters, and the Dean said he would speak of me to him.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
He had travelled, and had been a merchant's clerk in Paris and London.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
His letter was from his wife's brother, in whose bank Cornelius was a clerk.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Clerk or no, you have acted this day as becomes a true knight.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle