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ˈunder-clerk
(under-1 6 a. Cf. MDu. onderclerc, Du. -klerk.)
1393Test. Ebor. (Surtees) I. 185 To the paresch clerk xijd, and to the onder clerk vj d. 1426–7Rec. St. Mary at Hill 64 Þe rode lofte & þe vndir clerkes chambre. 1450Rolls of Parlt. V. 195/1 John Browne, undir Clerk of oure Kechyn. 1516Will R. Peke of Wakefield 4 June (MS.), To the clarke iiij d, to the under-clarke ij d. 1611Cotgr., Soub⁓despensier, an vnder Cater, or an vnder Clerke of a kitchin. 1670Clarendon Hist. Reb. xiv. §73 An Under-Clerk for writing Letters and Commissions. 1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. (1710) 573 Clerks of the Jurat, or Under-Clerks of the Treasury. 1779Mirror No. 37, Certain concurring circumstances..placed him as an under-clerk in a counting⁓house. 1837B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Knights iv. i, I'll ask but..to..serve you as your under-clerk in actions. 1841Thackeray Gt. Hoggarty Diam. ii, We under-clerks all thought it was a fine thing to sit at a desk by oneself. |