Clerk (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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. law clerk.
  5. a member of the clergy; ecclesiastic.
  6. a lay person charged with various minor ecclesiastical duties.
  7. Archaic.
    • a person who is able to read, or to read and write.
    • a scholar.
verb (used without object)
  1. to act or serve as a clerk.
noun
  1. a worker, esp in an office, who keeps records, files, etc
  2. (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
  4. a senior official of the House of Commons
  5. a cleric
  6. US and Canadian short for salesclerk
  7. a hotel receptionist
  8. a scholar
verb
  1. to serve as a clerk
Clerk (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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