Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clerk"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Clerk \Clerk\ (?; in Eng. ?; 277), n. [Either OF. clerc, fr. L.
clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr.
L. clericus, fr. Gr. ? belonging to the clergy, fr. ? lot,
allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii. 2. Cf. {Clergy}.]
1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.]

All persons were styled clerks that served in the
church of Christ. --Ayliffe.

2. A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man
of letters. [Obs.] ``Every one that could read . . . being
accounted a clerk.'' --Blackstone.

He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well
versed in the interests of Europe. --Burke.

3. A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the
responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise
assists in it. [Eng.] --Hook.

And like unlettered clerk still cry ``Amen''.
--Shak.

4. One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an
accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.

The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill.
--Strype.

Note: In some cases, clerk is synonymous with secretary. A
clerk is always an officer subordinate to a higher
officer, board, corporation, or person; whereas a
secretary may be either a subordinate or the head of an
office or department.

5. An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

clerk
n 1: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records
or accounts)
2: a salesperson in a store [syn: {salesclerk}, {shop clerk}]
v : work as a clerk, as in the legal business


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