somebody whose occupation is keeping records or accounts or doing general office work
a filing clerk
an official who keeps records and does administrative work for a council or court
NAmer a shop assistant
NAmer
a shop assistant
a hotel receptionist
= cleric
archaic a scholar
clerkly adj
clerkship noun
[Old English cleric, clerc via Latin clericus of the clergy, from late Greek klērikos, from Greek klēros lot, inheritance; because in the Middle Ages the clergy kept the local records]