Definitions for clerk
klɜrk; Brit. klɑrkclerk

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. clerknoun

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

2. salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistantverb

   a salesperson in a store

3. clerkverb

   work as a clerk, as in the legal business

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clerknoun

   One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

2. clerknoun

   A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs

3. clerkverb

   To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk

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

4. Etymology: From clerc, from clerc, from clericus, from κληρικός, from κλῆρος

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. A CLERKnoun

   Etymology: cleric, Sax. clericus, Latin.

   1. A clergyman.

   All persons were stiled clerks that served in the church of Christ, whether they were bishops, priests, or deacons. John Ayliffe.

   2. A scholar; a man of letters.

   They might talk of book-learning what they would; but, for his part, he never saw more unfeaty fellows than great clerks were. Philip Sidney.

   The greatest clerks being not always the honestest, any more than the wisest men. South.

   3. A man employed under another as a writer.

   My lord Bassanio gave his ring away
   Unto the judge; and then the boy, his clerk,
   That took some pains in writing, he begg’d mine. William Shakespeare.

   My friend was in doubt whether he should not exert the justice upon such a vagrant; but not having his clerk with him, who is a necessary counsellor, he let the thought drop. Addis.

   4. A petty writer in publick offices: an officer of various kinds.

   Take a just view, how many may remark
   Who’s now a lord, his grand-sire was a clerk. George Granville.

   It may seem difficult to make out the bills of fare for the suppers of Vitellius. I question not but an expert clerk of a kitchen can do it. Arbuthnot.

   5. The layman who reads the responses to the congregation in the church, to direct the rest.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clerk

   A clerk ( or ) is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment (a retail clerk). The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service counters, screening solicitors, and other administrative tasks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Clerknoun

   a clergyman or ecclesiastic

2. Clerknoun

   a man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters

3. Clerknoun

   a parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it

4. Clerknoun

   one employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk

5. Clerknoun

   an assistant in a shop or store

6. Etymology: [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.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Clerk

   A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service counters and other administrative tasks.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clerk

   klärk, or klerk, n. a clergyman or priest: a scholar: one who leads the responses in the English Church service: in common use, one employed as a writer, assistant, copyist, account-keeper, or correspondent in an office.—v.i. to act as clerk.—adj. Cler′ical, pertaining to a clerk or copyist, as in 'clerical error.'—ns. Clerk′dom, Clerk′ship; Clerk′ery, Clerk′age, the work of a clerk.—adjs. Clerk′ish, like a clerk; Clerk′less, ignorant; Clerk′-like, scholarly.—n. Clerk′ling, a young clerk.—adj. Clerk′ly, scholarly.—adv. in a scholar-like or learned manner.—Clerk of the weather, an imaginary functionary facetiously supposed to direct the weather.—Bible clerk, a scholar who reads the lessons in some college chapels. [A.S. clerc, a priest—Late L. clericus. See Clergy.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clerk

   Any naval officer doing the duty of a clerk.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CLERK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Clerk is ranked #22944 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Clerk surname appeared 1,115 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Clerk.
   
   52.7% or 588 total occurrences were White.
   38.8% or 433 total occurrences were Black.
   4.2% or 47 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 21 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.7% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Employee
   • Work

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'clerk' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4825

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'clerk' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3072

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'clerk' in Nouns Frequency: #1539

How to pronounce clerk?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say clerk in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of clerk in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of clerk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of clerk in a Sentence

1. The ACLU:

   Unfortunately , they were again denied by a deputy clerk who asserted that no marriage licenses would be issued.

2. Jocelyn Benson:

   We do want, if citizens do choose to vote by mail, for them to do so early, we don't want them to wait to the last minute to either request to return their ballot through the mail, and certainly as we get to within two weeks of the election, we're going to be telling every voter, to not return your ballot through the mail, it's too close to Election Day return it at a local dropbox or at your clerk's office.

3. President Donald Trump:

   Governors are supposed to be doing a lot of this work, and they are doing a lot of this work. The federal government's not supposed to be out there buying vast amounts of items and then shipping. You know, we're not a shipping clerk, we'll help out, and we'll help out wherever we can.

4. Richard Hughes:

   (Deputy clerk Brian Mason) is trying to follow the court's mandate as well as his superior ordering him to issue only these changed forms, ... It also appears to this counsel those changes were made in some attempt to circumvent the court's orders and may have raised to the level of interference against court's orders.

5. James Cason:

   We had a cipher code clerk go to a bar and be approached by a good looking person, when the wife of the (head of Marine detachment) went on vacation, two blondes knocked on the door and asked if he wanted company.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=clerk
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Clerk
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=clerk
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerk
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerk
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=clerk
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=clerk
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=clerk
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html