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Definitions for Clerk

[1] a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
[2] a salesclerk.
[3] a person who keeps the records and performs the routine business of a court, legislature, board, etc.
[4] law clerk.
[5] a member of the clergy; ecclesiastic.
[6] a lay person charged with various minor ecclesiastical duties.
[7] Archaic . a person who is able to read, or to read and write. a scholar.
[8] to act or serve as a clerk.
[9] a worker, esp in an office, who keeps records, files, etc
[10] clerk to the justices (in England) a legally qualified person who sits in court with lay justices to advise them on points of law
[11] an employee of a court, legislature, board, corporation, etc, who keeps records and accounts, etc a town clerk
[12] Also called: clerk of the House British a senior official of the House of Commons
[13] Also called: clerk in holy orders a cleric
[14] US and Canadian short for salesclerk
[15] Also called: desk clerk US and Canadian a hotel receptionist
[16] archaic a scholar
[17] (intr) to serve as a clerk

Words related to Clerk

cashier, auditor, worker, agent, bookkeeper, operator, salesperson, employee, secretary, receptionist, teller, seller, registrar, notary, transcriber, stenographer, amanuensis, counterperson, recorder, copyist

Words nearby Clerk

clerical collar, clericalism, clericals, clerihew, clerisy, clerk, clerk of works, clerkess, clerkly, clermont-ferrand, clerodendrum

Origin of Clerk

before 1000; Middle English, Old English clerc, variant of cleric < Late Latin clēricus cleric

Other words from Clerk

clerk·ish , adjective
clerk·like , adjective
clerk·ship , noun
out·clerk , noun
sub·clerk , noun
sub·clerk·ship , noun
un·der·clerk , noun
un·der·clerk·ship , noun

Word origin for Clerk

Old English clerc, from Church Latin clēricus, from Greek klērikos cleric, relating to the heritage (alluding to the Biblical Levites, whose inheritance was the Lord), from klēros heritage

Synonyms for Clerk

agent, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, employee, operator, receptionist, salesperson, secretary, teller, worker, amanuensis, copyist, counterperson, notary, recorder, registrar, seller, stenographer, transcriber, counter jumper, office helper, paper pusher, paper shuffler, pen pusher, pencil pusher, shopperson, white collar