clerk
[noun]
Synonyms: clergyman, churchman, cleric, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher, reverend

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I. clerk¹ S3 /klɑːk $ klɜːrk/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Old French; Origin: clerc 'man in a religious order, scholar, man who keeps records', from Late Latin clericus, from Late Greek klerikos, from Greek kleros 'what you receive in life'; because the Bible says that priests will receive things only from God]

1. someone who keeps records or accounts in an office:
a clerk in a commercial firm

2. American English someone whose job is to help people in a shop:
the clerk in the shoe store

3. American English someone whose job is to help people when they arrive at and leave a hotel:
Leave the keys with the desk clerk.

4. an official in charge of the records of a court, town council etc

5. old use a priest in the Church of England

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II. clerk² verb [intransitive] especially American English informal
to work as a clerk

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clerk
noun
ADJ. chief, senior | assistant, junior | articled an articled clerk working for a large law firm
bank, council, office, parish, railway, solicitor's | accounts, booking, filing
PREP. ~ to He held the post of Clerk to the Council.
PHRASES the office/post of clerk
 ⇒ Note at JOB

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clerk
klɑ:k
See: room clerk or desk clerk

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