Definitions
work as a clerk, as in the legal business
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“As office boy I made such a mark That they gave me the post of a junior clerk.”
“God save the King! Will no man say, amen? / Am I both priest and clerk? Well then, amen.”
“13th century, Traditional carol, And all was for an appel, an appel that he toke/As clerkès finden written in their boke.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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