Synonyms for clerk

Grammar : Noun

Spell : klurk; British klahrk

Phonetic Transcription : klɜrk; British klɑrk

Top 10 synonyms for clerk

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Définition of clerk

Origin : "man ordained in the ministry," c.1200, from Old English cleric and Old French clerc "clergyman, priest; scholar, student," both from Church Latin clericus "a priest," noun use of adjective meaning "priestly, belonging to the clerus" (see cleric).
Modern bureaucratic usage is a reminder of the dark ages when clergy alone could read and write and were employed for that skill by secular authorities. In late Old English the word can mean "king's scribe; keeper of accounts;" by c.1200 clerk took on a secondary sense in Middle English (as the cognate word did in Old French) of "anyone who can read or write." This led to the sense "assistant in a business" (c.1500), originally a keeper of accounts, later, especially in American English, "a retail salesman" (1790). Related: Clerkship.

noun assistant

Example sentences :

Was the gentleman” (he chose that word as he looked at the boys) “layman or clerk?
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

He needs a clerk for his law matters, and the Dean said he would speak of me to him.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

He had travelled, and had been a merchant's clerk in Paris and London.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

His letter was from his wife's brother, in whose bank Cornelius was a clerk.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Clerk or no, you have acted this day as becomes a true knight.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

"Eighty-five," said the clerk; and the drummer and the Negro disappeared.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

I heard the clerk telling the boy where he would be most likely to find you.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

They passed out into the hall, and drew up at the clerk's counter.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

He was not at all satisfied with his brief interview with the clerk.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

He looked more like a clerk from a grocery store than the commander of an army.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

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