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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clerk \Clerk\ (?; in Eng. ?; 277), n. [Either OF clerc, fr L. clericus a priest, or AS clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr L. clericus fr Gr ? belonging to the clergy, fr ? lot allotment, clergy; cf Deut. xviii. 2. Cf {Clergy}.] 1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.] All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ. --Ayliffe. 2. A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters. [Obs.] ``Every one that could read . . . being accounted a clerk.'' --Blackstone. He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe. --Burke. 3. A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it [Eng.] --Hook. And like unlettered clerk still cry ``Amen''. --Shak. 4. One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as the clerk of a court; a town clerk. The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill. --Strype. Note: In some cases, clerk is synonymous with secretary. A clerk is always an officer subordinate to a higher officer, board, corporation, or person; whereas a secretary may be either a subordinate or the head of an office or department. 5. An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clerk n 1: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) 2: a salesperson in a store [syn: {salesclerk}, {shop clerk}] v : work as a clerk, as in the legal business
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