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clerk
English
Etymology
From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin cl?ricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric", also generally "a learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (kl?rikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from ?????? (klêros, “lot, inheritance,” originally “a shard used in casting lots”). Doublet of cleric.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kl??k/
- (US) enPR: klerk, IPA(key): /kl?k/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kl??k/, /kl??k/
- Homophones: Clark, claque (some accents)
- Rhymes: -??(r)k, -??(r)k
Noun
clerk (plural clerks)
- One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
- (Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
- (archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk).
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act 4 scene 1:
- God save the King! Will no man say, amen? / Am I both priest and clerk? Well then, amen.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act 4 scene 1:
- (dated) A cleric or clergyman (the legal title for clergy of the Church of England is "Clerk in Holy Orders", still used in legal documents and cherished by some of their number).
- (obsolete) A scholar.
- 13th century, Traditional carol,
- And all was for an appel, an appel that he toke/As clerkès finden written in their boke.
- 13th century, Traditional carol,
Derived terms
- law clerk
- mail clerk
Related terms
- clergy
- clergyman
- cleric
- clerical
Translations
Verb
clerk (third-person singular simple present clerks, present participle clerking, simple past and past participle clerked)
- To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk
- 1956, Jean Stafford, "A Reading Problem" in The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984, p. 332,
- In the winter, they lived in a town called Hoxie, Arkansas, where Evangelist Gerlash clerked in the Buttorf drugstore and preached and baptized on the side.
- The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
- 1956, Jean Stafford, "A Reading Problem" in The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984, p. 332,
Further reading
- clerk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- clerk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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shopkeeper
English
Alternative forms
- shop keeper
Etymology
shop +? keeper
Pronunciation
Noun
shopkeeper (plural shopkeepers)
- A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.
Synonyms
- storekeeper
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