单词 | under-clerk |
释义 | under-clerkn. (under- prefix1 3a(a).) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > clerk or secretary > subordinate under-clerk1394 nether clerk1567 1394 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 185 To the paresch clerk xijd, and to the onder clerk vj d. 1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 64 Þe rode lofte & þe vndir clerkes chambre. 1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 195/1 John Browne, undir Clerk of oure Kechyn. 1516 Will of R. Peke of Wakefield in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 74 To the clarke iiij d.; to the underclarke ij d. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Soub~despensier, an vnder Cater, or an vnder Clerke of a kitchin. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 402 An Under-Clerk for writing Letters and Commissions. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) 573 Clerks of the Jurat, or Under-Clerks of the Treasury. 1779 Mirror No. 37 Certain concurring circumstances..placed him as an under-clerk in a counting~house. 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights iv. i, in Comedies 248 I'll ask but..to..serve you as your under-clerk in actions. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond ii We under-clerks all thought it was a fine thing to sit at a desk by oneself. 1857 O. W. Wight Quinland II. ii. xv. 85 Haggard under-clerks were opening shops or sweeping off the walks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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