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The correct spelling is clerk.
How to pronounce clerk
/klɐːk/
nounIPA: /klɐːk/
Say it like: Cle-rk
The correct spelling is clerk. One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker. For example: "The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer."
Usage Examples
“The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
- 2.A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
- 3.In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk).
- 4.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).
- 5.A scholar.
verb
- 1.To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk
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