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English
Etymology
From Middle English clerc < Old English clerc < Late Latin clēricus (“‘a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk’”) < Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikos), “‘(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy’”) < κλῆρος (klēros), “‘lot, inheritance, orig. "a shard used in casting lots".)’”)
Pronunciation
- (Aus) IPA: /klaːk/
- Homophone: Clark
- (UK) IPA: /klɑːk/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k
- Homophone: Clark
- (US) enPR: klerk, IPA: /klɝk/
Noun
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Singular clerk |
Plural clerks |
clerk (plural clerks)
- One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
- A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs
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Verb
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Infinitive to clerk |
Third person singular clerks |
Simple past clerked |
Past participle clerked |
Present participle clerking |
to clerk (third-person singular simple present clerks, present participle clerking, simple past and past participle clerked)
- To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk
- The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
External links
- clerk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- clerk in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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