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

The 32-year-old shipping clerk had sustained several knife wounds to his neck.

From BBC

When Turner was promoted from assembler to shipping clerk, she said, managers neglected to give her the written manual that Latinos got to memorize inventory codes.

From Los Angeles Times

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