clerk
an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,977 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,094 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
- a salesperson in a store also: salesclerk, shop clerk, shop assistant
verb
- work as a clerk, as in the legal business
clerk in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He and Mr. Dodge were now standing before the table of the auctioneer's clerk.
The High School Boys' Canoe Club · H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock · Chapter 1
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Jurgen left the shop in charge of Urien Villemarche, who was a highly efficient clerk.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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And he talks about a position, as if he was a junior clerk in his own office!
Man and Wife · Wilkie Collins · Chapter 1
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M. Desormeaux, the head clerk at the Department of Justice, was an old legitimist, much imbued with reactionary ideas.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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No idler he; whoever else might shirk, He set his hand to every honest work,-- Farmer and teacher, court and meeting clerk.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1