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

Amid World War II, Soskin landed work as a file clerk in a boilermaker’s union hall in Richmond.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

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

I graduated when I was 16 and got a job as a file clerk.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2021

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