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clerk

UK/klɑːk/ US/klɝk/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

2.

verb

1.

work as a clerk, as in the legal business

Origin

From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“priest, clergyman, cleric”, also generally “learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”, adj. in church jargon), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance”, originally “shard used in casting lots”). Doublet of cleric. Compare typologically Russian дьяк (dʹjak) (akin to дья́кон (dʹjákon)).

Phrases

  • academical clerk
  • articled clerk
  • articling clerk
  • barber's clerk
  • check clerk
  • clerk of the course
  • clerk of the pells
  • clerk of the pipe

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