town clerk
a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
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How to use town clerk in a sentence
As an assistant to the town clerk, she chatted with residents who came in to obtain a permit or pay a water bill.
Under Obama, a Breakdown in the Death Benefits Owed to Veterans | Aaron Glantz | May 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMr. Francis Blandy was an attorney residing at Henley-on-Thames, and held the office of town-clerk of that place.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden PelhamThe speaker was Elmer Wiggins, druggist and town clerk for the last quarter of a century.
Flamsted quarries | Mary E. WallerThe house of Thomas French, the town clerk, was not destroyed, and his papers were saved.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I | Francis ParkmanThe town clerk pondered over this rather unsatisfactory line of reasoning for some minutes.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
In his dual capacity as selectman and town clerk Asaph felt himself to be a very important personage.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
British Dictionary definitions for town clerk
(in Britain until 1974) the secretary and chief administrative officer of a town or city
(in the US) the official who keeps the records of a town
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