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clerk
[ klurk; British klahrk ]
noun
- a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
- a salesclerk.
- a person who keeps the records and performs the routine business of a court, legislature, board, etc.
- a member of the clergy; ecclesiastic.
- a lay person charged with various minor ecclesiastical duties.
- Archaic.
- a person who is able to read, or to read and write.
- a scholar.
verb (used without object)
- to act or serve as a clerk.
clerk
/ klɜːrk; klɑːk /
noun
- a worker, esp in an office, who keeps records, files, etc
- clerk to the justices(in England) a legally qualified person who sits in court with lay justices to advise them on points of law
- an employee of a court, legislature, board, corporation, etc, who keeps records and accounts, etc
a town clerk
- Also calledclerk of the House a senior official of the House of Commons
- Also calledclerk in holy orders a cleric
- short for salesclerk
- Also calleddesk clerk a hotel receptionist
- archaic.a scholar
verb
- intr to serve as a clerk
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Derived Forms
- ˈdz, noun
- ˈ, noun
- ˈ쾱, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- i adjective
- l adjective
- s noun
- dzܳc noun
- ܲc noun
- sub·s noun
- ܲd· noun
- under·s noun
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yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of clerk1
Old English clerc, from Church Latin ŧܲ, from Greek ŧDz cleric, relating to the heritage (alluding to the Biblical Levites, whose inheritance was the Lord), from ŧDz heritage
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Here, he plays a garrulous video-store clerk named Hank who challenges customers to name the best movies about underdogs.
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Paredes saw the incident and rushed toward the store entrance, then fled when a store clerk called police, the documents say.
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Authorities allege Chaidez fired several rounds inside the gas station through a back door and hit a clerk.
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Drafted into the Army after graduation, Chamberlain spent 16 months as an infantry company clerk in South Korea.
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And I have, from the grocery store clerks in Park City to my aunt to my metalhead pal — and now I’m tipping you off, too.
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