clerk

noun

ˈklərk How to pronounce clerk (audio)
Definition of clerknext
1
as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk

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2
as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store the clerk suggested a different brand

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as in priest
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants

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Recent Examples of clerk There’s a big difference between selecting a film to stream from your bed and getting out of the house, going to a store and talking about movies with a clerk and fellow film enthusiasts. — Rotem Rozental, Fortune, 14 July 2026 After town officials met with the West Virginia State police, the Barrackville Police Department's clerk resigned. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 For more information, contact the city clerk’s office at 408-586-3001. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 July 2026 Victims might interact with a police department, sheriff or 911 operator; a state’s attorney; clerks and judges at the county courts. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for clerk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clerk
  1. registrar
  2. salesman
  3. priest
  4. secretary
  5. preacher
  6. minister
  7. clergyman
  8. deacon
Noun
  • As an internet domain registrar and web hosting company, GoDaddy bears the risk that CSAM may be hosted on its platform and has the technical ability to disable the website and remove the content.
    — Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • But registrars in Orange and Los Angeles counties have already certified their election results, so voters have a fairly clear picture of who will be on their ballots in the fall.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Definition of registrar
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  • By the nineteen-forties, the rebranding of the American salesman as an independent go-getter was well under way, powered by his—and her—exclusion from New Deal labor protections.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • In November 2004, following a six-month trial, the former fertilizer salesman was convicted of the first-degree murder of Laci and the second-degree murder of Conner.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
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  • On July 2, the Vatican decreed the excommunication of the SSPX’s bishops and priests, one day after the group consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland without the pope’s consent.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Part of the Theban Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Sheikh Abd El-Qurna cemetery is known for its concentration of tombs of priests and high-ranking officials from Egypt’s New Kingdom (1570–1069 BCE).
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026
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  • Slavit designed and named the artwork after Della Street, played by Barbara Hale, the secretary to lawyer Perry Mason on the 1950s and ’60s legal drama of the same name.
    — Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • The secretary of state shared the concerns and requested documentation about the residencies of those people, but even with additional materials, the residencies of 293 people remained unconfirmed, the letter said.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
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  • On June 27, 2026, at Trinity Pride Fest in Fort Worth, Texas, street preachers Richard Penkoski and David Grisham were subjected to multiple violations of their First Amendment rights while attempting to preach on public property.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • Instead, there are countless influencers, preachers, and personalities who have created niche movements with their own theologies and political alignments.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026
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  • His successor will be Ukraine’s fifth defense minister since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • In January, Mykhailo Fedorov, who had recently been named Ukraine’s defense minister, outlined one of his chief strategic goals.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
Definition of minister
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  • Robin, our hero, is the son of a country clergyman.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
  • The trio of vicars starts with James Norton as Sidney Chambers, the doe-eyed clergyman with a taste for cool jazz and clever women.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
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  • Among the residential buildings were the home of a deacon named Tisous and another that researchers think may have originally been a house church before the construction of the basilica.
    — Anne Doran for ARTnews, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
  • Among the residential buildings were the home of a deacon named Tisous and another that researchers think may have originally been a house church before the construction of the basilica.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
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