Clerk

Quick meaning: Clerk is a noun meaning One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Meaning

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

More Meanings

1. (Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
2. To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
3. (medicine) To assemble information about a patient during their initial assessment by actions such as a taking a detailed medical history and performing a physical examination.
4. (obsolete) A scholar.
5. (archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk and Bible clerk).
6. (dated) A cleric or clergyman (the legal title for clergy of the Church of England is "Clerk in Holy Orders", still used in legal documents and cherished by some of their number).

Example Sentences

The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.

As office boy I made such a mark That they gave me the post of a junior clerk.

God save the King! Will no man say, amen? / Am I both priest and clerk? Well then, amen.

13th century, Traditional carol, And all was for an appel, an appel that he toke/As clerkès finden written in their boke.

Word Forms

• clerks
• clerking
• clerked

Synonyms for clerk

Depending on context, synonyms include register, registrar, scribe, secretary, salesclerk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include salesclerk, salesperson, salesman, seller, vendor, officer.

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