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| clerk [ klurk ] (plural clerks) |
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1. occupations commerce
Same as salesclerk
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2. service desk worker: somebody at a service desk who helps and advises other people.
See also desk clerk
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3. general office worker: a worker who performs general office duties such as keeping records or sending out correspondence
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4. government worker who keeps records: an official who keeps transcripts and other records of a legislative or other body
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5. law administrator in court of law: an administrator of the business of a court
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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
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7. christianity cleric: a member of the clergy
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formal
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| [Pre-12th century. Via ecclesiastical Latin clericus "of the clergy" < Greek klērikos< klēros "heritage"] |
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  clerk intransitive verb |
| clerk·dom noun |
| clerk·ship noun |
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