clerk

Speech parts

1. clerk - Noun

2. clerk - Verb

3. Clerk - Proper noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

secretary registrar scribe bookkeeper cashier salesclerk shop assistant shop clerk sales clerk minister rabbi secretariat lister abbe mullah
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Antonyms

terminator grandee director speaker manager destroyer
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Hypernyms

employee salesperson service worker work human individual

Hyponyms

secretary sorter settler plotter timekeeper filer

Phrases with the word

baggage clerk tally clerk reception clerk night clerk warehouse clerk receiving clerk

Examples

When 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

Close letter words and terms

clerihew clerisy clerite clerk in holy orders Clerk of the Closet clerk of the pipe