clerk
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: 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.
Compare typologically Russian дьяк (dʹjak) (akin to дья́кон (dʹjákon)).
Inflected forms:
form: clerks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: clark
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: clerks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: clerking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: clerked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: clerked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: clark
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
pos: noun
examples: As office boy I made such a mark
That they gave me the post of a junior clerk.
Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
clerks; a brand of humanity which, as the literature from Dickens to Gogol makes only too clear, was hardly to be envied except perhaps for the privilege of public service, the security which allowed them to starve at an even rhythm all their lives.
gloss: One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
pos: noun
gloss: One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
pos: noun
gloss: One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
pos: noun
gloss: One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
pos: noun
gloss: A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
pos: noun
tags: Quakerism
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: God save the King! Will no man say, amen? / Am I both priest and clerk? Well then, amen.
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: A scholar.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: 13th century, Traditional carol,
And all was for an appel, an appel that he toke/As clerkès finden written in their boke.
gloss: To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
pos: verb
examples: The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
He turned to a more attentive audience, and found it in the young fellow they called The Iceman, because he clerked in the swell jewelry store around the corner, and was always there with the finger advertisement for his boss’s diamondware.
[…] for three years he had worked in the stinking labyrinth of the Mandalay bazaars, clerking for the rice merchants and sometimes stealing.
1956, Jean Stafford, "A Reading Problem" in The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984, p. 332,
In the winter, they lived in a town called Hoxie, Arkansas, where Evangelist Gerlash clerked in the Buttorf drugstore and preached and baptized on the side.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
examples: The best preparation for the long case is to clerk patients on the wards and in outpatients within a strict 60 minutes. This would include deciding on a policy of management.
You should present a case you have clerked to a doctor (registrar or consultant) and discuss your choice of investigations and management.
The best way to get involved is to clerk new patients on the ward prior to the rounds and then present your clerkings to the person leading the round.
Synonyms: register
registrar
scribe
secretary
Related words: clergy
clergyman
cleric
clerical
Derived words: academical clerk
articled clerk
articling clerk
barber's clerk
check clerk
clerkage
clerk-ale
clerkdom
clerkery
clerkess
clerkhood
clerkish
clerkism
clerkless
clerklike
clerkling
clerkly
clerk of the course
clerk of the pells
clerk of the pipe
clerk of the works
clerk of works
clerkship
clerky
courtesy clerk
death clerk
filing clerk
lawclerk
law clerk
lay clerk
mail clerk
overclerk
parish clerk
pox doctor's clerk
recording clerk
Saint Nicholas' clerk
sales clerk
sheriff clerk
subclerk
town clerk
underclerk
vestry clerk
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: klerk
lang: Albanian
word: shkrues
lang: Arabic
word: مُوَظَّف
roman: muwaẓẓaf
lang: Arabic
word: مُوَظَّفَة
roman: muwaẓẓafa
lang: Armenian
word: կլերկ
roman: klerk
lang: Armenian
word: գրասենյակային ծառայող
roman: grasenyakayin caṙayoġ
lang: Armenian
word: գրագիր
roman: gragir
lang: Azerbaijani
word: katib
lang: Belarusian
word: клерк
roman: kljerk
lang: Belarusian
word: службо́вец
roman: službóvjec
lang: Belarusian
word: службо́ўка
roman: službówka
lang: Belarusian
word: слу́жачы
roman: slúžačy
lang: Belarusian
word: слу́жачая
roman: slúžačaja
lang: Bulgarian
word: чино́вник
roman: činóvnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: чино́вница
roman: činóvnica
lang: Bulgarian
word: чино́вничка
roman: činóvnička
lang: Burmese
word: စာရေး
roman: care:
lang: Catalan
word: oficinista
lang: Chechen
word: йохкархо
roman: joxkarxo
lang: Chichewa
word: kalaliki
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 書記 /书记
roman: shūjì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 店員 /店员
roman: diànyuán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 營業員 /营业员
roman: yíngyèyuán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 文員 /文员
roman: wényuán
lang: Czech
word: úředník
lang: Czech
word: úřednice
lang: Danish
word: kontorassistent
lang: Danish
word: kontorfunktionær
lang: Danish
word: ekspedient
lang: Danish
word: ekspeditrice
lang: Dutch
word: klerk
lang: Dutch
word: bediende
lang: Esperanto
word: komizo
lang: Esperanto
word: oficisto
lang: Esperanto
word: aktisto
lang: Estonian
word: äriteenija
lang: Estonian
word: kontoriametnik
lang: Finnish
word: konttoristi
lang: Finnish
word: virkailija
lang: French
word: greffier
lang: French
word: greffière
lang: Galician
word: segredario
lang: Galician
word: escribán
lang: Galician
word: escrebente
lang: Galician
word: tinelista
lang: Galician
word: carteleiro
lang: Georgian
word: კლერკი
roman: ḳlerḳi
lang: German
word: Büroangestellte
lang: German
word: Angestellte
lang: German
word: Buchhalter
lang: German
word: Bürokaufmann
lang: German
word: Bürokauffrau
lang: German
word: Gerichtsschreiber
lang: German
word: Schreiber
lang: German
word: Kontorist
lang: German
word: Kontoristin
lang: Greek
word: υπάλληλος
roman: ypállilos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γραμματεύς
roman: grammateús
lang: Hebrew
word: פָּקִיד
roman: pakíd
lang: Hebrew
word: פקידה
roman: pkida
lang: Hindi
word: क्लर्क
roman: klark
lang: Hindi
word: बाबू
roman: bābū
lang: Hindi
word: मुंशी
roman: muñśī
lang: Hindi
word: मुहर्रिर
roman: muharrir
lang: Hungarian
word: hivatalnok
lang: Hungarian
word: irodai dolgozó
lang: Icelandic
word: skrifstofumaður
lang: Ido
word: klerko
lang: Indonesian
word: kerani
lang: Indonesian
word: klerek
lang: Indonesian
word: panitera
lang: Irish
word: cléireach
lang: Italian
word: impiegato
lang: Italian
word: impiegata
lang: Japanese
word: 事務員
roman: jimuin
lang: Japanese
word: 店員
roman: ten'in
lang: Japanese
word: 書記
roman: shoki
lang: Kazakh
word: клерк
roman: klerk
lang: Kazakh
word: қызметкер
roman: qyzmetker
lang: Khmer
word: ស្មេរ
roman: smee
lang: Khmer
word: ស្មៀន
roman: smiən
lang: Korean
word: 사무원
roman: samuwon
lang: Korean
word: 서기
roman: seogi
lang: Korean
word: 점원
roman: jeomwon
lang: Kyrgyz
word: клерк
roman: klerk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кызматчы
roman: kızmatcı
lang: Lao
word: ສະໝຽນ
roman: sa mīan
lang: Lao
word: ພະນັກງານ
roman: pha nak ngān
lang: Latin
word: scrība
lang: Latvian
word: ierēdnis
lang: Latvian
word: ierēdne
lang: Lithuanian
word: tarnautojas
lang: Lithuanian
word: tarnautoja
lang: Luo
word: karan
lang: Macedonian
word: слу́жбеник
roman: slúžbenik
lang: Macedonian
word: службеничка
roman: službenička
lang: Macedonian
word: чи́новник
roman: čínovnik
lang: Macedonian
word: чиновничка
roman: činovnička
lang: Macedonian
word: писар
roman: pisar
lang: Malay
word: kerani
lang: Manchu
word: ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ
roman: bithesi
lang: Māori
word: karaka
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ
roman: bičigeči
lang: Mongolian
word: бичээч
roman: bičeeč
lang: Navajo
word: naaltsoos ííłʼíní
lang: Norman
word: clèrc
lang: Norman
word: clèrcot
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kontorist
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ekspeditør
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُنْشی
roman: monši
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سِکْرِتِر
roman: sekreter
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کارْمَنْد
roman: kârmand
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کاتِب
roman: kâteb
lang: Polish
word: urzędnik
lang: Polish
word: urzędniczka
lang: Portuguese
word: escriturário
lang: Portuguese
word: escrevente
lang: Portuguese
word: secretário
lang: Portuguese
word: empregado de escritório
lang: Romanian
word: secretar
lang: Romanian
word: birocrat
lang: Romanian
word: funcționar
lang: Russian
word: клерк
roman: klerk
lang: Russian
word: чино́вник
roman: činóvnik
lang: Russian
word: чино́вница
roman: činóvnica
lang: Russian
word: слу́жащий
roman: slúžaščij
lang: Russian
word: слу́жащая
roman: slúžaščaja
lang: Russian
word: делопроизводи́тель
roman: deloproizvodítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: делопроизводи́тельница
roman: deloproizvodítelʹnica
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: clèireach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: činovnik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: činovnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pisar
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: beležnik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pisarica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: beležnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bilježnik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bilježnica
lang: Slovak
word: úradník
lang: Slovak
word: úradníčka
lang: Slovene
word: uradnik
lang: Slovene
word: uradnica
lang: Slovene
word: pisarniški uslužbenec
lang: Slovene
word: pisarniška uslužbenka
lang: Sotho
word: tlelereke
lang: Spanish
word: auxiliar administrativo
lang: Swahili
word: karani
lang: Swedish
word: tjänsteman
lang: Tajik
word: котиб
roman: kotib
lang: Tajik
word: хизматчӣ
roman: xizmatči
lang: Tajik
word: корманд
roman: kormand
lang: Thai
word: เสมียน
roman: sà-mǐian
lang: Thai
word: พนักงาน
roman: pá-nák-ngaan
lang: Turkish
word: yazman
lang: Turkish
word: kâtip
lang: Ukrainian
word: клерк
roman: klerk
lang: Ukrainian
word: службо́вець
roman: službóvecʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: службо́вка
roman: službóvka
lang: Urdu
word: بابُو
roman: bābū
lang: Urdu
word: مُحَرِّر
roman: muharrir
lang: Urdu
word: مُنْشی
roman: munśī
lang: Urdu
word: کِلَرْک
roman: kilark
lang: Urdu
word: کاتِب
roman: kātib
lang: Uzbek
word: klerk
lang: Uzbek
word: xizmatchi
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhân viên văn phòng
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhân viên văn thư
lang: Vietnamese
word: người thư kí
lang: Walloon
word: comis