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town clerk
noun
- a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
town clerk
noun
- (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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Word History and Origins
Origin of town clerk1
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Example Sentences
As an assistant to the town clerk, she chatted with residents who came in to obtain a permit or pay a water bill.
Mr. Francis Blandy was an attorney residing at Henley-on-Thames, and held the office of town-clerk of that place.
The speaker was Elmer Wiggins, druggist and town clerk for the last quarter of a century.
The house of Thomas French, the town clerk, was not destroyed, and his papers were saved.
The town clerk pondered over this rather unsatisfactory line of reasoning for some minutes.
In his dual capacity as selectman and town clerk Asaph felt himself to be a very important personage.
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