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clerk
  1. (archaic) A cleric or clergyman.
  2. One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
  3. (Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
  4. (archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk).
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  6. Examples:
    1. “A competent clerk at the field, equipped with stock record forms, should be able to price the outgo of the stocks as accurately as can the office clerk.”
      “When it appears that the appellants' attorney would not permit the clerk to copy the entire record in the transcript, the appeal should be dismissed.”
      “People may be frightened away by the price, even though they could be sold by the sales clerk if the price had not kept them from entering the store.”
clerkship
  1. The state or business of a clerk
  2. (law): A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “I had the pleasure of teaching this guy last year when he was dong his Dermatology clerkship.”
      “In addition to clerkships that are associated with disease management modules, extra general medicine clerkship experiences are required.”
      “After graduation he went on to a clerkship on the federal court of appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and there he found vindication.”
clerkdom
  1. The role or status of clerk.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “No longer the film geek one step removed from video store clerkdom, he's moved out of his memorabilia-packed apartment to a roomier, memorabilia-filled house in the hills.”
clerkling
  1. a clerk, emphasizing his insignificance or young age
clerke
  1. Obsolete spelling of clerk
clerkess
  1. (dated) A female clerk.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Statements were taken first by a clerkess who filled up a standard form on a computer.”
      “They had to wait while the clerkess, single-handed, took a statement from a man whose mobile phone had been stolen.”
      “Most winners were NHS employees but not retired clerkess Margaret Sherwood, 73, who won theVolunteer Award.”
clerklings
  1. plural of clerkling
clerkships
clerkdoms
clerkesses
  1. plural of clerkess
clerkes
  1. plural of clerke
clerks
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