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clerk

clerk [ klurk ] (plural clerks)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. occupations commerce 
Same as  salesclerk


2. service desk worker: somebody at a service desk who helps and advises other people.
See also  desk clerk


3. general office worker: a worker who performs general office duties such as keeping records or sending out correspondence

4. government worker who keeps records: an official who keeps transcripts and other records of a legislative or other body

5. law administrator in court of law: an administrator of the business of a court

6. law lawyer who works for judge: a lawyer, typically one just recently graduated from law school, who is employed as an assistant to a sitting judge

7. christianity cleric: a member of the clergy ( formal )

[Pre-12th century. Via ecclesiastical Latin clericus "of the clergy" < Greek klērikos< klēros "heritage"]

clerk intransitive verb
clerk·dom noun
clerk·ship noun
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