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clerk
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[klɑːk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person employed in an office or bank to keep records, accounts, and undertake other routine administrative duties
(e.g: a bank clerk)
- a receptionist in a hotel
(e.g: she approached the desk and the clerk looked down at her)
- a member of the clergy
- a literate or scholarly person
Phrases:
- Clerk of the Closet
- clerk of the course
- clerk of works
Origin
:
Old English cleric, clerc (in the sense ‘ordained minister, literate person’), from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’ (see cleric); reinforced by Old French clerc, from the same source. clerk dates from the early 16th century
[klɑːk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- work as a clerk
(e.g: eleven of those who left college this year are clerking in auction stores)
Phrases:
- Clerk of the Closet
- clerk of the course
- clerk of works
Origin
:
Old English cleric, clerc (in the sense ‘ordained minister, literate person’), from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’ (see cleric); reinforced by Old French clerc, from the same source. clerk dates from the early 16th century
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