shipping clerk

American

noun

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

shipping clerk British

noun

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

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But inevitably you are also a bookkeeper, a shipping clerk, a marketing specialist and a navigator of government regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

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

From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2021

She was raised in public housing and, after college, moved back in with her folks — a shipping clerk, a supermarket checker — so she could attend law school.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2020

Let’s say a shipping clerk who expects to retire in the year 2030 deposits $10,000 in an account that matches the target inflation rate of 2018.

From Encyclopedia.com • Mar. 31, 2018

But the shipping clerk at the Howrah train station was evidently a man both befuddled and diligent.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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