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Clerk n.

A clergyman or ecclesiastic. (Obs.) "All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ."

A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters. (Obs.) "Every one that could read... being accounted a clerk." "He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe."

A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it. (Eng.) "And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen"."

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." 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.

An assistant in a shop or store. (U. S.)

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"Clerk" Quotes from Famous Books

... that he bitterly resented the appointment of Mr. Chamier to the place of Deputy Secretary-at-War; fifthly, that he was bound by some strong tie to the first Lord Holland. Now, Francis passed some years in the Secretary of State's office. He was subsequently Chief Clerk of the War Office. He repeatedly mentioned that he had himself, in 1770, heard speeches of Lord Chatham; and some of these speeches were actually printed from his notes. He resigned his clerkship at the War Office from resentment at the appointment of Mr. Chamier. ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 1 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... a nice little 'scursion out here, only the nights was rather cold. Well, Mr Government clerk, you won't have a chance to pull your friend a topper now. How's old Joe? What, ...

— First in the Field - A Story of New South Wales • George Manville Fenn

... us," said Stone, after he had repeated his question, "for if you withhold it, the night clerk can give us ...

— The Gold Bag • Carolyn Wells

... the populace, we saw various particular persons. I went with my father to the bank, and saw a clerk give him a long roll of bright gold coins, done up in blue paper; and we visited, or were visited by, a Miss MacDaniel and her mother, two Salem women, "of plain, New England manners and appearance," wrote my father, "and they have been living ...

— Hawthorne and His Circle • Julian Hawthorne

... Constant, or "Lisette," as she was called, became her father's clerk when twelve years old, and was as well known for wonderful faculties for business as she was for her personal attractions. In 1828, when Lisette was seventeen years old, her father died. She closed up his business with the British Company, ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various

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