Definition of clerk
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: cleric
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
b
: one employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work
a bank clerk
c
: one who works at a sales or service counter
a store clerk a grocery clerk
d
: a person (such as a law school graduate) who provides a judge, magistrate, or lawyer with assistance in such matters as research, writing, and analysis : law clerk
clerk
verb
clerked; clerking; clerks
Definition of clerk (Entry 2 of 2)
: to act or work as a clerk
clerked for a court judge
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