clerk

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: salesclerkshop clerkshop assistant

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
  2. a salesperson in a storeSynonyms: salesclerkshop clerkshop assistant

Verb (1)

  1. work as a clerk, as in the legal business
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ.— Ayliffe.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe.— Burke.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen".— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk. [1913 Webster]

The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill.— Strype.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5.An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

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