Definition of clerk

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clerk    (klûrk; British klärk) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, or filing.
2. 1. A person who keeps the records and performs the regular business of a court, legislative body, or municipal district.
   2. Law A law clerk, as for a judge.
3. A person who works at a sales counter or service desk, as at a store or hotel.
4. A cleric.
5. Archaic A scholar.

intr.v.
clerked, clerk·ing, clerks

To work or serve as a clerk: clerked in a store; clerks for a judge.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, clergyman, secretary, from Old English clerc, and Old French clerc, clergyman both from Late Latin clricus, from Greek klrikos, belonging to the clergy, from klros, inheritance, lot

OTHER FORMS:
clerkdom(Noun), clerkship(Noun)