What does clerk mean?
Definitions for clerk
klɜrk; Brit. klɑrkclerk
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word clerk.
Princeton's WordNet
clerknoun
an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistantverb
a salesperson in a store
clerkverb
work as a clerk, as in the legal business
Wiktionary
clerknoun
One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
clerknoun
A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs
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.
Etymology: From clerc, from clerc, from clericus, from κληρικός, from κλῆρος
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
A CLERKnoun
Etymology: cleric, Sax. clericus, Latin.
All persons were stiled clerks that served in the church of Christ, whether they were bishops, priests, or deacons. John Ayliffe.
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.
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.
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.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
clerk
A clerk is a professional worker who is typically responsible for record keeping, administrative tasks, and customer or public interactions in an office or a retail setting. Clerks may also handle monetary transactions, filing documents, answering phone calls, replying to correspondence, managing schedules or maintaining inventory. The nature of their work may vary depending on their specific role or the industry they work in.
Webster Dictionary
Clerknoun
a clergyman or ecclesiastic
Clerknoun
a man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters
Clerknoun
a parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it
Clerknoun
one employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk
Clerknoun
an assistant in a shop or store
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.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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 Terms
clerk
Any naval officer doing the duty of a clerk.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'clerk' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4825
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'clerk' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3072
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'clerk' in Nouns Frequency: #1539
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of clerk in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of clerk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of clerk in a Sentence
This is a situation of an insider threat, the Mesa County Clerk knowingly allowed a breach of security, and by all evidence, assisted Mesa County.
The clerk didn’t even look up at me from her computer. She only asked: ‘Which one’s the minor?’ She didn’t assess if I was safe or needed something. He was 30 years old at the time, but nobody questioned the fact that he was so much older.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham:
We made accommodations to the detainees at Gitmo -- I've been to Gitmo, and I've seen the accommodations that we made to the Muslim detainees who killed Americans, you're telling me that you cannot make an accommodation for an elected Democrat county clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky?
I think this is troubling for the entire state of Colorado, to have someone in a trusted position, literally trusted to protect democracy, allow this type of situation to occur, to be very clear, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder allowed a security breach and, by all evidence at this point, assisted it.
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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- klerkAfrikaans
- чиновникBulgarian
- йохкархоChechen
- úředníkCzech
- kontorassistent, ekspeditrice, ekspedient, kontorfunktionærDanish
- oficisto, komizoEsperanto
- secretario, escribiente, oficinistaSpanish
- منشیPersian
- konttoristi, virkailijaFinnish
- greffierFrench
- cléireachIrish
- clèireachScottish Gaelic
- פקידה, פקידHebrew
- बाबू, क्लर्कHindi
- hivatalnokHungarian
- petugasIndonesian
- klerkoIdo
- 書記, 事務員, 店員Japanese
- 서기Korean
- klerkDutch
- urzędnikPolish
- secretário, escriturário, escreventePortuguese
- birocrat, secretar, funcționarRomanian
- чиновник, служащий, клеркRussian
- pisar, beležnik, beležnica, pisaricaSerbo-Croatian
- tlelerekeSouthern Sotho
- karaniSwahili
- nhân viên bán hàngVietnamese
- 書記Chinese
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