Definition of: clerk

(klûrk, Brit. klärk) noun
1. An officer or employee of a court, legislative body, corporation, society, commercial establishment, or the like, charged with the care of its records, correspondence, and accounts; a secretary.
2. A salesman or saleswoman in a store.
3. A hotel employee who assigns guests to their rooms.
4. In the Anglican Church, one who leads in the responses.
5. Obs. A clergyman or cleric; anciently, any person who could read or write.
—v.i. To work or act as clerk. [OE clerc <LL clericus <Gk. klērikos <klēros lot, portion]
—clerk′li·ness noun
—clerk′ly adjective & adverb
—clerk′ship noun