Found 4 items, similar to clerk.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: clerk
juru tulis
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: clerk
pegawai, pramuniaga
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: clerk
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]
clerk
v : work as a clerk, as in the legal business
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Clerk
Clerk
\Clerk\ (kl[~e]rk; in Eng. kl[aum]rk; 277), n. [Either OF.
clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk,
priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. klhriko`s belonging to the
clergy, fr. klh^ros lot, allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii.
2. Cf.
Clergy.]
1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.]
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All persons were styled clerks that served in the
church of Christ. --Ayliffe.
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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.
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He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well
versed in the interests of Europe. --Burke.
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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.
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And like unlettered clerk still cry
“Amen”.
--Shak.
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4. One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an
accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.
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The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill.
--Strype.
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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.
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5. An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.]
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