Definition of clerk
1 : cleric
2 archaic : scholar
3a : an official responsible (as to a government agency) for correspondence, records, and accounts and vested with specified powers or authority (as to issue writs as ordered by a court) city clerk a law clerkb : one employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work a bank clerkc : one who works at a sales or service counter a store clerk a grocery clerk
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Examples of clerk in a Sentence
Have the court clerk file your request with the judge.
He works as a clerk in a local pet store.
a sales clerk at a women's clothing store
Origin and Etymology of clerk
Middle English, from Anglo-French clerk & Old English cleric, clerc, both from Late Latin clericus, from Late Greek klērikos, from Greek klēros lot, inheritance (in allusion to Deuteronomy 18:2), stick of wood; akin to Greek klan to break — more at clast
clerk
Definition of clerk
intransitive verb
: to act or work as a clerk clerked for a court judge
Origin and Etymology of clerk
see 1clerk
CLERK Defined for English Language Learners
clerk
playDefinition of clerk for English Language Learners
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: a person whose job is to keep track of records and documents for a business or office
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: an elected or appointed official whose job is to take care of official papers and business for a court or government
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: a person who works in a store
clerk
Definition of clerk for English Language Learners
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: to work as a clerk
CLERK Defined for Kids
Definition of clerk for Students
1 : a person whose job is to keep records or accounts
2 : a salesperson in a store
Medical Dictionary
Law Dictionary
clerk
Legal Definition of clerk
1 : an official responsible (as to a court) for correspondence, records, and accounts and having specified powers or authority (as to issue writs) a city clerk clerk of court
2a : a person employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work b : a person (as a law student or graduate) employed by an attorney or judge to assist with case-related tasks (as research) — compare paralegal
clerkship
nounclerk
Legal Definition of clerk
: to act or work as a clerk clerked for a Supreme Court justice
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