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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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Legal Dictionary

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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