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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts);

2. a salesperson in a store;
[syn: salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistant]


VERB (1)

1. work as a clerk, as in the legal business; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clerk \Clerk\ (kl[~e]rk; in Eng. kl[aum]rk; 277), n. [Either OF.
   clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk,
   priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. klhriko`s belonging to the
   clergy, fr. klh^ros lot, allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii.
   2. Cf. Clergy.]
   1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.]
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            All persons were styled clerks that served in the
            church of Christ.                     --Ayliffe.
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   2. A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man
      of letters. [Obs.] "Every one that could read . . . being
      accounted a clerk." --Blackstone.
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            He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well
            versed in the interests of Europe.    --Burke.
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   3. A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the
      responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise
      assists in it. [Eng.] --Hook.
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            And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". --Shak.
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   4. One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an
      accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.
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            The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill.
                                                  --Strype.
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   Note: In some cases, clerk is synonymous with secretary. A
         clerk is always an officer subordinate to a higher
         officer, board, corporation, or person; whereas a
         secretary may be either a subordinate or the head of an
         office or department.
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   5. An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

clerk
    n 1: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records
         or accounts)
    2: a salesperson in a store [syn: salesclerk, shop clerk,
       clerk, shop assistant]
    v 1: work as a clerk, as in the legal business