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单词 clerks
释义

clerk

1 of 2

noun

ˈklərk How to pronounce clerk (audio)
British usually
ˈklärk How to pronounce clerk (audio)
1
: cleric
2
archaic : scholar
3
a
: an official responsible (as to a government agency) for correspondence, records, and accounts and vested with specified powers or authority (as to issue writs as ordered by a court)
city clerk
b
: one employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work
a bank clerk
c
: one who works at a sales or service counter
a store clerk
a grocery clerk
d
: a person (such as a law school graduate) who provides a judge, magistrate, or lawyer with assistance in such matters as research, writing, and analysis : law clerk
clerkship
ˈklərk-ˌship How to pronounce clerk (audio)
 British usually  ˈklärk-
noun

clerk

2 of 2

verb

clerked; clerking; clerks

intransitive verb

: to act or work as a clerk
clerked for a court judge

Synonyms

Noun

  • register
  • registrar
  • scribe
  • secretary
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun Have the court clerk file your request with the judge. He works as a clerk in a local pet store. a sales clerk at a women's clothing store
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The district’s longtime Republican representative, Sheila Harrington, resigned after Governor Charlie Baker picked her for a clerk magistrate job. Simon Levien, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022 In Colorado, county clerk Peters immediately questioned the primary results once the tally showed her losing badly in the secretary of state’s race. Nicholas Riccardi, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022 Despite a landslide win, a recount is launched Last month, Natalie Adona won her race to become the clerk-recorder and registrar of voters in rural Nevada County with 68% of the vote. Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022 The state Supreme Court in February barred the use of drop boxes outside election clerk offices in the April election for local offices, such as mayor, city council and school board seats. Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2022 The city will continue to have a clerk-treasurer after Monday’s vote, who is the city’s financial officer. Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2022 Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, who is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly posting sensitive data from voting machines online, was also on the bill. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2022 She, um, she was elected to the clerk position in November, 2020. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 May 2022 The notice would have given her the option to have a hearing before a clerk magistrate. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022
Verb
This includes the protagonist, Alex More, an out-of-work actor hired to clerk Barbra Streisand’s real-life private shopping mall, and of course, Babs herself. Shirley Macfarland, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022 The Bentonville clerk earlier this month validated 2,300 signatures to certify the issue for the ballot. Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 29 July 2022 Gibson said utilities clerk Christy Jones and assistant town manager Sharon Evans also resigned. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022 One of them is Republican Tina Peters, a conspiracy-theorist county elections clerk who’s been indicted for tampering with voting equipment and posting data online. Steve Peoples, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2022 Tina Peters’s 2018 election to clerk and recorder of Mesa County, a Republican stronghold amid the canyons of western Colorado, was her first foray into public office. New York Times, 26 June 2022 Former Suburban Life writer John Bach's exclusive reporting circa 1997 led to a state investigation of then-Columbia Township administrator Jim Harmon and his daughter, clerk Debra Huff. Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 23 May 2022 The Columbus Days Inn clerk who escaped her attacker described him as about 6 feet tall with greasy hair and a beard spotted with gray. Staff, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2022 Deputies were searching for a man who threatened a Lemon Grove gas station clerk with a knife and stole several California Lottery Scratchers Tuesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said. David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French clerk & Old English cleric, clerc, both from Late Latin clericus, from Late Greek klērikos, from Greek klēros lot, inheritance (in allusion to Deuteronomy 18:2), stick of wood; akin to Greek klan to break — more at clast

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1551, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

clerk 1 of 2

noun

ˈklərk How to pronounce clerk (audio)
1
: a person whose job is to keep records or accounts
2
: a salesperson in a store

clerk

2 of 2

verb

clerked; clerking
: to act or work as a clerk

Medical Definition

clerk

noun

ˈklərk How to pronounce clerk (audio)
: a third- or fourth-year medical student undergoing clinical training in a clerkship

Legal Definition

clerk 1 of 2

noun

1
: an official responsible (as to a court) for correspondence, records, and accounts and having specified powers or authority (as to issue writs)
a city clerk
clerk of court
2
a
: a person employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work
b
: a person (as a law student or graduate) employed by an attorney or judge to assist with case-related tasks (as research) compare paralegal

clerk

2 of 2

intransitive verb

: to act or work as a clerk
clerked for a Supreme Court justice

clerks

noun

plural of clerk
1
as in registrars
an official whose job is to keep records you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • registrars
  • secretaries
  • registers
  • reporters
  • bookkeepers
  • archivists
  • recorders
  • scribes
  • historians
  • transcriptionists
  • chroniclers
  • annalists
  • documenters
2
as in salesmen
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store the clerk suggested a different brand

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • salesmen
  • salesclerks
  • salespeople
  • salespeople
  • shopgirls
  • salesgirls
  • salesladies
  • saleswomen
  • pitchwomen
  • floorwalkers
  • pitchmen
3
as in priests
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • priests
  • preachers
  • clericals
  • clergymen
  • clerics
  • ministers
  • deacons
  • bishops
  • pastors
  • reverends
  • ecclesiastics
  • chaplains
  • divines
  • fathers
  • prelates
  • clergypersons
  • dominies
  • missionaries
  • archbishops
  • churchmen
  • monks
  • popes
  • priestesses
  • deans
  • vicars
  • rectors
  • abbots
  • parsons
  • deaconesses
  • diocesans
  • curés
  • padres
  • friars
  • presbyters
  • shepherds
  • archpriests
  • confessors
  • clergywomen
  • evangelists
  • abbés
  • missioners
  • mendicants
  • monsignors
  • curates
  • religious
  • Holy Joes
  • sky pilots
  • oblates
  • revivalists
  • monastics
  • missionizers
  • monsignori
  • high priests
  • high priestesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • laymen
  • laypeople
  • secular
  • lay readers
  • seculars
  • lectors
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