clerk
Americannoun
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a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
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a salesclerk.
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a person who keeps the records and performs the routine business of a court, legislature, board, etc.
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a member of the clergy; ecclesiastic.
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a lay person charged with various minor ecclesiastical duties.
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Archaic.
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a person who is able to read, or to read and write.
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a scholar.
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verb (used without object)
noun
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a worker, esp in an office, who keeps records, files, etc
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(in England) a legally qualified person who sits in court with lay justices to advise them on points of law
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an employee of a court, legislature, board, corporation, etc, who keeps records and accounts, etc
a town clerk
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Also called: clerk of the House. a senior official of the House of Commons
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Also called: clerk in holy orders. a cleric
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short for salesclerk
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Also called: desk clerk. a hotel receptionist
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archaic a scholar
verb
Other Word Forms
- clerkdom noun
- clerkish adjective
- clerklike adjective
- clerkship noun
- outclerk noun
- subclerk noun
- subclerkship noun
- underclerk noun
- underclerkship noun
Etymology
Origin of clerk
before 1000; Middle English, Old English clerc, variant of cleric < Late Latin clēricus cleric
Example Sentences
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Among those jobs: 220 information technology support technicians, 33 parent education support assistants, 23 gardeners, five area bus supervisors, five stock clerks and three interpreters.
From Los Angeles Times
Duvall subsequently moved to New York to study acting, working as a postal clerk to make ends meet.
From BBC
Among those jobs: 220 IT support technicians, 33 parent education support assistants, 23 gardeners, five area bus supervisors, five stock clerks and three interpreters.
From Los Angeles Times
On the morning of Feb. 7, before filling out her paperwork at the city clerk’s office, Raman called Bass to inform her she was running.
From Los Angeles Times
The clerk to Amble Urban Council sent the captain of the Mauretania a message of greeting:
From BBC
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