clerk
IPA: kɫˈɝk
noun
- One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
- A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.
- A law clerk.
- An employee at a hotel who deals with guests.
- The chief legal advisor of a legislature or legislative chamber, who is usually also responsible for keeping minutes of sittings.
- (Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
- (archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk).
- (dated) A cleric or clergyman (the legal title for clergy of the Church of England is "Clerk in Holy Orders", still used in legal documents and cherished by some of their number).
- (obsolete) A scholar.
- A surname.
verb
- To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
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