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clerk

[ klurk; British klahrk ]

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.
    1. a person who is able to read, or to read and write.
    2. a scholar.


verb (used without object)

  1. to act or serve as a clerk.

clerk

/ klɜːrk; klɑːk /

noun

  1. a worker, esp in an office, who keeps records, files, etc
  2. clerk to the justices
    clerk to the justices (in England) a legally qualified person who sits in court with lay justices to advise them on points of law
  3. an employee of a court, legislature, board, corporation, etc, who keeps records and accounts, etc

    a town clerk

  4. Also calledclerk of the House a senior official of the House of Commons
  5. Also calledclerk in holy orders a cleric
  6. short for salesclerk
  7. Also calleddesk clerk a hotel receptionist
  8. archaic.
    a scholar


verb

  1. intr to serve as a clerk

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Derived Forms

  • ˈclerkish, adjective
  • ˈclerkship, noun
  • ˈclerkdom, noun

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Other Words From

  • clerkish adjective
  • clerklike adjective
  • clerkship noun
  • outclerk noun
  • subclerk noun
  • sub·clerkship noun
  • under·clerk noun
  • under·clerkship noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clerk1

before 1000; Middle English, Old English clerc, variant of cleric < Late Latin clēricus cleric

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clerk1

Old English clerc, from Church Latin clēricus, from Greek klērikos cleric, relating to the heritage (alluding to the Biblical Levites, whose inheritance was the Lord), from klēros heritage

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Example Sentences

The sales clerk just laughed, telling him he was out of bullets and had only six guns in his inventory.

Some clerks are prominent in conservative media, and among law professors.

Later, clerks published smaller, single sheets or annual subscriptions that Londoners would carry with them as part of the daily news.

In Chula Vista, a city with a significantly larger budget than National City and Imperial Beach, the clerk simply tells the mayor and Council members how many comments were received and gives them a brief overview of their contents.

As a high-ranking clerk, Howard appears to have been involved in policy.

Judge Hinkle said “the Constitution requires the Clerk to issue such licenses.”

Bob Cratchit, the clerk who is the father of Tiny Tim and who meekly serves Scrooge, is paid fifteen shillings a week.

As a way to be more available to needy souls outside the church, Williams took a clerk job at Walgreens pharmacy.

On October 5, 2013, Wilson pointed a pistol at a postal clerk.

But instead of talking to us and resolving the issue, or getting a manager involved, the clerk calls the cops.

“You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.

The office of clerk of the court is about to be sold, having been placed at fifteen hundred pesos.

Hilda suggested that the ticket-clerk should be interrogated, but the aperture of communication with him was shut.

My father took me to the office in which I was to make a start and presented me to the chief clerk.

Except the chief clerk, whose salary was about £160, I do not believe there was another whose pay exceeded £100 a year.

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