A person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, or filing.
A person who keeps the records and performs the regular business of a court, legislative body, or municipal district.
Law A law clerk, as for a judge.
A person who works at a sales counter or service desk, as at a store or hotel.
A cleric.
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.
(klûrk; British klärk) 