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clerk
[ klurk; British klahrk ]
/ klÉrk; British klÉrk /
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noun
verb (used without object)
to act or serve as a clerk.
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British Dictionary definitions for clerk
clerk
/ (klÉËk, US Canadian klÉËrk) /
noun
verb
(intr) to serve as a clerk
Derived forms of clerk
clerkdom, nounclerkish, adjectiveclerkship, nounWord Origin for clerk
Old English clerc, from Church Latin clÄricus, from Greek klÄrikos cleric, relating to the heritage (alluding to the Biblical Levites, whose inheritance was the Lord), from klÄros heritage
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