clerk
41Clerk — This interesting name, with variant spellings Clerc, de Clerk, De Cler(c)q and (De) Klerk, is a Flemish or Dutch form of the English name Clerk, itself an occupational name for a scribe, secretary, or member of a minor religious order. The word… …
42clerk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. salesperson, man, or woman; registrar, scribe, secretary; copyist, writer. See writing, accounting, auxiliary. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A person engaged in selling] Syn. salesclerk, salesperson,… …
43clerk — [11] Clerk and its relatives cleric and clergy owe their existence ultimately to a Biblical reference, in Deuteronomy xviii 2, to the Levites, members of an Israelite tribe whose men were assistants to the Temple priests: ‘Therefore shall they… …
44clerk — See: room clerk or desk clerk …
45clerk — /klak / (say klahk), or, Chiefly US /klɜk/ (say klerk) noun 1. someone employed in an office, shop, etc., to keep records or accounts, attend to correspondence, etc. 2. US an assistant in business, especially a retail salesperson. 3. someone who… …
46clerk — In the earlier days of the common law, a word for an educated person, that is to say, as of that period, a clergyman, one of the clergy who for want of education of other classes, became judicial officers and were known to be such from their… …
47clerk — [11] Clerk and its relatives cleric and clergy owe their existence ultimately to a Biblical reference, in Deuteronomy xviii 2, to the Levites, members of an Israelite tribe whose men were assistants to the Temple priests: ‘Therefore shall they… …
48clerk — clerkish, adj. clerklike, adj. clerkship, n. /klerrk/; Brit. /klahrk/, n. 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… …
49clerk — klÉ‘Ëk n. bureaucrat, minor office worker; recorder, book keeper; salesperson; member of the clergy v. work as a clerk …
50clerk — Officer of court who files pleadings, motions, judgments, etc., issues process, and keeps records of court proceedings. Functions and duties of clerks of court are usually specified by statute or court rules; e.g. Fed.R. Civil P. 77, 79. Person… …
