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An office worker who keeps records, types letters, etc. Also: A person who sells in a store.

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Usage examples (39)
  • The clerk at the clothing store ran to check for a price on that jacket.
  • In England in medieval times the term clerk acquired in common parlance the significance of an educated man.
  • "It's like someone died," said Melissa Mattero, 37, the title clerk, who handles the paperwork on completed sales.
  • Prosecutors had argued for incarceration for Sansoni, who also served as a title clerk at
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