a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.

a salesclerk.

a person who keeps the records and performs the routine business of a court, legislature, board, etc.

a member of the clergy; ecclesiastic.

a lay person charged with various minor ecclesiastical duties.

Archaic .

a person who is able to read, or to read and write.

a scholar.

to act or serve as a clerk.

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agent , amanuensis , auditor , bookkeeper , cashier , copyist , counter jumper , counterperson , employee , notary , office helper , operator , paper pusher , paper shuffler , pencil pusher * , pen pusher , receptionist , recorder , registrar , salesperson , secretary , seller , shopperson , stenographer , teller , transcriber , white collar , workernotes:clergy first meant \'learning , scholarship\' and clerk had the original meaning \'man ordained to the christian ministry\' , salesclerk , salesgirl , salesman , saleswoman , vender , churchman , churchwoman , clergyman , clergywoman , cleric , clerical , divine , ecclesiastic , minister , parson , accountant , assistant , clericality , layman , prothonotary , saleslady , scholar , scribe , steno , typist