Clerkship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Clerkship is a noun meaning The state or business of a clerk.
Meaning
The state or business of a clerk.
More Meanings
- (law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
- (medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
Example Sentences
Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway.
Word Forms
- clerkships
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subclerkship, clerkery, clerkdom, clerkhood, clerkage, underclerkship.
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