1. clerk - Noun
2. clerk - Verb
3. Clerk - Proper noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice. Ihara Saikaku
Did you ever wake up with an erection...and then you realize you're just in a massage chair at Brookstone? And you yell to the sales clerk "I'll take it!" Zach Galifianakis
There goes the parson, O illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. William Cowper
When it pours upon the parson, it drops upon the clerk. Danish Proverb
Give the priest drink, for the clerk is thirsty. Italian Proverb
A lean fee is a fit reward for a lazy clerk. English Proverb