clerk

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
2. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
3. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
4. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
5. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
6. (Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
7. (archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk and Bible clerk).
8. (dated) 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).
9. (obsolete) A scholar.

Verb

1. To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
2. 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.

Hevwate

writer

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secretary

scribe

accountant

official

shop assistant

employee

salesclerk

amanuensis

salesman

office clerk

shop clerk

cashier

office worker

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shopman

salesperson

officer

recorder

seller

clerical

civil servant

bureaucrat

government official

scrivener

greengrocer

receptionist

assistant

saleswoman

grocer

file clerk

filing clerk

pen-driver

counting clerk

selling assistant

one who writes

author

bursar

churchman

clergyman

cleric

copyist

court reporter

escritoire

functionary

internship

journalist

novelist

office assistant

officeholder

private secretary

Werger

oficinista

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fonctionnaire

impiegato

commis

greffier

empleado

klerk

clerc

kantoorbediende

dependiente

Angestellter

Büroangestellter

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employé de bureau

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funzionario

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/klɑːk/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: clerc

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: clerc

In summary

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”). Doublet of cleric.