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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Examples of "clerk" in Sentences

  • The clerks can patrol the pages.
  • The food was packed by the clerk.
  • The clerk counted the items respectively.
  • The lawyer was with the Clerk of the Court.
  • The clerk of the probate court is appointed.
  • He served as clerk in the office of the recorder in 1838.
  • Davis was placed in the office of the chief clerk as an intern.
  • The chief operating officer of the company is known as the clerk.
  • Driscoll was placed in the office of the Chief Clerk as an intern.
  • The second possibility depends on the rigidness of standards at the court's clerks office.

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