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clerk

  [klurk; Brit. klahrk]
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–noun
1. a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
2. a salesclerk.
3. a person who keeps the records and performs the routine business of a court, legislature, board, etc.
4. a member of the clergy; ecclesiastic.
5. a lay person charged with various minor ecclesiastical duties.
6. Archaic.
a. a person who is able to read, or to read and write.
b. a scholar.
–verb (used without object)
7. to act or serve as a clerk.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE clerc, var. of cleric < LL clēricus cleric

Related forms:
clerkish, adjective
clerklike, adjective
clerkship, noun
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clerk   (klûrk; British klärk)   
n.  

  1. A person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, or filing.

    1. A person who keeps the records and performs the regular business of a court, legislative body, or municipal district.

    2. Law A law clerk, as for a judge.

  3. A person who works at a sales counter or service desk, as at a store or hotel.

  4. A cleric.

  5. Archaic A scholar.

intr.v.   clerked, clerk·ing, clerks
To work or serve as a clerk: clerked in a store; clerks for a judge.

[Middle English, clergyman, secretary, from Old English clerc and Old French clerc, clergyman, both from Late Latin clēricus, from Greek klērikos, belonging to the clergy, from klēros, inheritance, lot.]
clerk'dom n., clerk'ship' n.
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Word Origin & History

clerk 
O.E. clerc, from L.L. clericus "a priest," from Gk. klerikos (adj.) in church jargon "of the clergy," derived from kleros "lot, inheritance" (orig. "a shard used in casting lots"), used by early Gk. Christians for matters relating to ministry based on Deut. xviii:2 reference to Levites as temple assistants: "Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance," transl. of Heb. nahalah "inheritance, lot." If the word choice was meant to remind clerics of anything, however, the reminder was lost with the knowledge of ancient Gk. Modern bureaucratic usage is from c.1500, a reminder of the dark ages when clergy alone could read and write.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: clerk
Function: noun
1 : an official responsible (as to a court) for correspondence, records, and accounts and having specified powers or authority (as to issue writs) clerk> <clerk of court>
2 a : a person employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work b : a person (as a law student or graduate) employed by an attorney or judge to assist with case-related tasks (as research) —compare PARALEGAL —clerk·ship noun

Main Entry: clerk
Function: intransitive verb
: to act or work as a clerk <clerked for a Supreme Court justice>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: clerk
Pronunciation: 'kl&rk
Function: noun
: a third- or fourth-year medical student undergoing clinical training in a clerkship —clerk intransitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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