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

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

A shipping clerk sets out to improve his boss’s golf game.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 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

“I never dreamed they would pull the rug out from under us,” said Greg Smith, 66, a retired shipping clerk who retired in 2011 with a $3,000-a-month pension after 42 years on the job.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2014

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

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel