Clerk

Definition of Clerk

Pronunciation: klẽrk; in Eng. klärk; 277

n.	1.	A clergyman or ecclesiastic. All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ. - Ayliffe.
	2.	A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters. He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe. - Burke.
	3.	A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it. And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". - Shak.
	4.	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. - Strype.
	5.	An assistant in a shop or store.

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