Definitions for clerk
klɜrk; Brit. klɑrkclerk

Princeton's WordNet(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. clerk(noun)

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

2. salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistant(verb)

   a salesperson in a store

3. clerk(verb)

   work as a clerk, as in the legal business

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. clerk(Noun)

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

2. clerk(Noun)

   A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs

3. clerk(Verb)

   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.

Origin: From clerc, from clerc, from clericus, from κληρικός, from κλῆρος

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Clerk(noun)

   a clergyman or ecclesiastic

2. Clerk(noun)

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

3. Clerk(noun)

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

4. Clerk(noun)

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

5. Clerk(noun)

   an assistant in a shop or store

Origin: [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.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. clerk

   Any naval officer doing the duty of a clerk.

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?

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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. Mat Staver:

   She will remain the clerk of Rowan County as long as the people want her.

2. Bertolt Brecht:

   It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.

3. Michelle Ashby:

   ( The clerk) said the suspect appeared to be scared and in a hurry when he knocked on the door.

4. David Moore:

   We were denied again, we spoke with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis again and it was a very heated exchange.

5. The ACLU:

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

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