Definitions of clerk
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To
act
as
clerk
or
salesman.
-
an
employee
who
performs
clerical
work (
e.
g.,
keeps
records
or
accounts)
-
A
clergyman
or
ecclesiastic.
-
A
man
who
could
read;
a
scholar;
a
learned
person;
a
man
of
letters.
-
A
parish
officer,
being
a
layman
who
leads
in
reading
the
responses
of
the
Episcopal
church
service,
and
otherwise
assists
in
it.
-
One
employed
to
keep
records
or
accounts;
a
scribe;
an
accountant;
as,
the
clerk
of
a
court;
a
town
clerk.
-
An
assistant
in
a
shop
or
store.
-
(
orig.)
A
clergyman
or
priest:
a
scholar:
one
who
reads
the
responses
in
the
English
Church
service:
in
common
use,
one
employed
as
a
writer
or
assistant
in
an
office.
-
CLERKSHIP.
-
One
who
responds
to
the
priest
in
the
English
church;
a
writer
or
accountant.
-
One
who
keeps
records
or
accounts;
a
secretary;
a
salesman.
-
Ang.
Ch.
One
who
leads
in
the
responses.
-
A
clergyman
or
ecclesiastic;
a
scholar;
a
layman
who
reads
the
responses
in
the
church
service,
to
direct
the
congregation;
one
employed
in
an
office
to
assist
in
writing,
keeping
accounts, &
c.,
one
who
keeps
account, &
c.,
of
the
proceedings
of
a
public
or
associated
body;
an
assistant
shopman.
See
Clergy.
-
One
engaged
to
write
in
an
office
or
keep
business
books;
a
clergyman;
a
reader
of
responses
in
the
church-
service.
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