shipping clerk

American  

noun

1. a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.

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shipping clerk British  

noun

1. a person employed by a company to arrange, receive, record, and send shipments of goods

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Etymology

Origin of shipping clerk

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

His father — who had earlier changed his name from Kreponitsky — worked in sales and named Michael after a brother who died in Anzio, Italy, in World War II. His mother was a shipping clerk.

From Washington Post

His father worked for the railroad and as a shipping clerk.

From Washington Post

Trump called on states to do more to acquire masks, ventilators and testing supplies, saying that the federal government is not a “shipping clerk.”

From Washington Times

And construction workers and shipping clerks, up more than 40 percent.

From Washington Post

After declaring a national emergency over the health crisis on March 13, Trump directed governors to order their own ventilators, respirators and supplies, saying the federal government is "not a shipping clerk."

From Salon