Definitions for: Clerk


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



Webster (1913) Definition: Clerk (?; in Eng. ?; 277), n. [Either OF. clerc, fr. L.
clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr.
L. clericus, fr. Gr. ? belonging to the clergy, fr. ? lot,
allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii. 2. Cf. Clergy.]
1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.]

All persons were styled clerks that served in the
church of Christ. --Ayliffe.

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.

He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well
versed in the interests of Europe. --Burke.

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.

And like unlettered clerk still cry ``Amen''.
--Shak.

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

The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill.
--Strype.

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.

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

Synonyms: salesclerk, shop clerk

See Also: desk clerk, employee, file clerk, filer, filing clerk, hotel clerk, hotel desk clerk, mail clerk, mapper, pencil pusher, penpusher, plotter, postal clerk, salesperson, settler, shipping clerk, sorter, tally clerk, tallyman, timekeeper, work

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