'Clerk' definitions:
Definition of 'clerk'
(from WordNet)
noun
An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
noun
verb
Work as a clerk, as in the legal business
Definition of 'Clerk'
From: GCIDE
- Clerk \Clerk\ (kl[~e]rk; in Eng. kl[aum]rk; 277), n. [Either OF. clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. klhriko`s belonging to the clergy, fr. klh^ros lot, allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii.
- 2. Cf. Clergy.]
- 1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk. [1913 Webster]
- The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill. --Strype. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clerk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- litterateur,
- 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,
- precentor,
- 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,
- sales manager,
- sales personnel,
- salesclerk,
- salesgirl,
- saleslady,
- salesman,
- salespeople,
- salesperson,
- 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
Words containing 'Clerk'
- Clerkly,
- clerking,
- Booking clerk,
- Clerk of the pells,
- Entry clerk,
- Lay clerk,
- Nixie clerk,
- Parish clerk,
- Riding clerk,
- Shire clerk,
- Town clerk,
- Vestry clerk,
- bank clerk,
- desk clerk,
- file clerk,
- filing clerk,
- hotel clerk,
- mail clerk,
- postal clerk,
- room clerk,
- shipping clerk,
- shop clerk,
- tally clerk,
- Clerk-ale,
- Lord justice clerk,
- clerk of the privy seal,
- hotel desk clerk,
- james clerk maxwell,
- Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross