What's The Definition Of 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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Clerk: salesclerk |
shop clerk
Related Terms | Find terms related to Clerk: abbe |
academician |
accountant |
accountant general |
acolyte |
actuary |
agent |
almoner |
amanuensis |
anagnost |
archivist |
auditor |
baggage agent |
bank accountant |
bank examiner |
beadle |
bedral |
Bible clerk |
Bible reader |
bookkeeper |
bookman |
business agent |
CA |
calculator |
calligrapher |
capitular |
capitulary |
certified public accountant |
chaplain |
chartered accountant |
chirographer |
choir chaplain |
churchman |
churchwarden |
claim agent |
classicist |
clergyman |
cleric |
clerical |
colossus of knowledge |
commercial agent |
commission agent |
comptroller |
consignee |
controller |
copier |
copyist |
cost accountant |
cost keeper |
CPA |
curate |
cure |
customer agent |
DD |
deacon |
deaconess |
divine |
Doctor of Divinity |
documentalist |
dupe |
ecclesiastic |
elder |
elderman |
engraver |
factor |
fed |
Federal |
federal agent |
filing clerk |
floorwalker |
freight agent |
functionary |
general agent |
genius |
giant of learning |
Holy Joe |
humanist |
implement |
ink spiller |
inkslinger |
instrument |
insurance agent |
journalizer |
land agent |
law agent |
lay elder |
lay reader |
learned clerk |
learned man |
lector |
lecturer |
letterer |
librarian |
literary agent |
literary man |
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loan agent |
lover of learning |
man of God |
man of learning |
man of letters |
marker |
mastermind |
military chaplain |
mine of information |
minister |
news agent |
notary |
notary public |
official |
padre |
parish clerk |
parliamentary agent |
parson |
passenger agent |
pastor |
pen |
pencil driver |
penman |
penner |
philologist |
philologue |
philomath |
philosophe |
philosopher |
polyhistor |
polymath |
preacher |
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press agent |
prothonotary |
pundit |
puppet |
purchasing agent |
reader |
real estate agent |
reckoner |
record clerk |
recorder |
recording secretary |
recordist |
rector |
register |
registrar |
reverend |
ruling elder |
sacrist |
sacristan |
sales agent |
sales engineer |
sales force |
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sales personnel |
salesclerk |
salesgirl |
saleslady |
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salespeople |
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saleswoman |
savant |
scalper |
scholar |
scholastic |
schoolman |
scorekeeper |
scorer |
scribbler |
scribe |
scrivener |
secretary |
seller |
selling agent |
servant of God |
sexton |
shames |
shepherd |
shop assistant |
shop clerk |
sidesman |
sky pilot |
special agent |
station agent |
stenographer |
steward |
stonecutter |
store clerk |
student |
succentor |
suisse |
supply clergy |
supply minister |
teaching elder |
the Reverend |
the very Reverend |
theatrical agent |
thurifer |
ticket agent |
ticket scalper |
timekeeper |
tonsured cleric |
tool |
transcriber |
travel agent |
verger |
vergeress |
walking delegate |
walking encyclopedia |
word-slinger |
writer
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
Clerk In Webster's Dictionary
\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.]
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