clerk /klärk or (N American) klûrk/

1. A person employed to deal with correspondence, accounts, records, etc in an office
2. A record-keeper or account-keeper, esp for a law court or legislative body
3. A senior official in the House of Commons
4. A shop-assistant (N American)
5. A hotel receptionist (N American)
6. A lay minister (C of E)
7. A clergyman or priest
8. A scholar (archaic)

To act as clerk

clerkˈdom noun

clerkˈess noun

A female clerk

clerkˈish adjective

Like a clerk

clerkˈlike adjective

Scholarly

clerkˈling noun

A young clerk

clerkˈly adjective (obsolete)

Scholarly

In a scholarly or learned manner

clerkˈship noun

clerk of the course

(in horse- or motor-racing) an official in charge of administration

clerk of the weather

An imaginary functionary facetiously supposed to govern the weather

clerk of works or clerk of the works

A person who superintends building work or the maintenance of a building, etc

Lord Clerk-Register see under register

St Nicholas's clerks (archaic)

Thieves

town clerk see under town

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