clerk
/klɝk/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
Meaning
noun
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
noun
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
noun
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
noun
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
noun
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
noun
A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
noun
In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk and Bible clerk).
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "As office boy I made such a mark That they gave me the post of a junior clerk."
- "Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well."
- "clerks; a brand of humanity which, as the literature from Dickens to Gogol makes only too clear, was hardly to be envied except perhaps for the privilege of public service, the security which allowed them to starve at an even rhythm all their lives."
- "God save the King! Will no man say, amen? / Am I both priest and clerk? Well then, amen."
- "13th century, Traditional carol, And all was for an appel, an appel that he toke/As clerkès finden written in their boke."
- "The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer."
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Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /klɝk/
- British English: /klɑːk/