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clerk / klərk/ • n. 1. a person employed in an office or bank to keep records and accounts and to undertake other routine administrative duties: a bank clerk. ∎ an official in charge of the records of a local council or court: a clerk to the court. ∎ a person employed by a judge, or being trained by a lawyer, who does legal research, etc. ∎ a lay officer of a cathedral, parish church, college chapel, etc.: a chapter clerk. 2. (also desk clerk) a receptionist in a hotel. ∎ an assistant in a store; a salesclerk. 3. (also clerk in holy orders) formal a member of the clergy. • v. [intr.] work as a clerk: eleven of those who left college this year are clerking in auction houses. DERIVATIVES: clerk·ish adj. |
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"clerk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clerk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-clerk.html "clerk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-clerk.html |
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CLERKA person employed in an office or government agency who performs various tasks such as keeping records or accounts, filing, letter writing, or transcribing. One who works in a store and whose job might include working as a cashier, selling merchandise, or waiting on customers. A law clerk is either a law student employed by a licensed attorney to do mundane legal tasks and learn the law in the process, or a licensed lawyer working for a judge to aid in the writing and research of the cases before the judge. |
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"Clerk." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Clerk." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700881.html "Clerk." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700881.html |
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clerk ordained minister of the Church XI; learned man, scholar XIII; lay officer of a church (e.g. singing c., parish c.); one having charge of records, correspondence, or accounts XVI. Late OE. cler(i)c — ecclL. clēricus CLERIC; this merged with ME. clerc — (O)F. clerc, of the same orig. The sp. clark appears XV.
Hence clerkly adj. XVI; modelled on clerkly adv. XV, which is after late L. clēricāliter; see -LY 1, -LY 2. |
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T. F. HOAD. "clerk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "clerk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clerk.html T. F. HOAD. "clerk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clerk.html |
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•matriarch, patriarch
•tanbark • ringbark • stringy-bark
•Offenbach • ironbark • oligarch
•salesclerk • titlark • skylark
•meadowlark • woodlark • mudlark
•landmark • checkmark • Denmark
•benchmark • waymark • trademark
•seamark • Bismarck • telemark
•tidemark • Kitemark • pockmark
•Ostmark • hallmark • Goldmark
•Deutschmark • bookmark • footmark
•earmark • watermark • birthmark
•anarch • car park • skatepark
•ballpark
•Petrarch, tetrarch
•hierarch, squirearch
•exarch • Pesach • loan shark
•Plutarch • aardvark
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"clerk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clerk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-clerk.html "clerk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-clerk.html |
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