clerk

[klurk, klahrk] / klɜrk, klɑrk /

NOUN

assistant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agent auditor bookkeeper cashier employee operator receptionist salesperson secretary teller worker

STRONG

amanuensis copyist counterperson notary recorder registrar seller stenographer transcriber

WEAK

counter jumper office helper paper pusher paper shuffler pen pusher pencil pusher shopperson white collar

Example Sentences

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Among its staff is Erin Hawley, a former law clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts and the wife of Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley.

From The Wall Street Journal

Traditionally, the two most senior permanent posts in the church, general secretary and clerk of the General Assembly, are filled by the same person.

From BBC

“Longer lines at clerk’s office windows as well as delays in call center response time and legal document processing are anticipated,” officials wrote in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

“I went to the Guitar Center in Hollywood to buy it and I asked the clerk, ‘Can you show me how to program it?’

From Los Angeles Times

Shannon, who worked as an IRS clerk and did filing and other tasks at Goldrich in a job funded partly by the city’s Department of Aging, uses a cane because of hip and knee problems.

From Los Angeles Times

clerk

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