clerk
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
Noun 3 meanings
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
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).
Verb 2 meanings
To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
“The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.”
To assemble information about a patient during their initial assessment by actions such as a taking a detailed medical history and performing a physical examination.
Etymology
From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“priest, clergyman, cleric”, also generally “learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”, adj. in church jargon), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance”, originally “shard used in casting lots”).
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CLERK at a glance
CLERK has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + E 1 + R 1 + K 5) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,997 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with clerk
All rhymes- JERK15
- PERK10
- BERSERK13
- BERK10
- TWERK12
- MERK10
- KNEEJERK23
- ZERK17
- HAUBERK16
- SALESCLERK16
- SERK8
- NERK8
One letter away
- CLEEK11
- CLECK13
- CLEIK11
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