|  clerk 
  
 
 1. an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) (Freq. 7)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 clerical, clerkship
 • Hypernyms:
 employee
 • Hyponyms:
 desk clerk, hotel desk clerk, hotel clerk, file clerk, filing clerk,
 filer, paper-pusher, penpusher, pencil pusher, plotter, mapper,
 postal clerk, mail clerk, settler, shipping clerk, sorter, tallyman,
 tally clerk, timekeeper
 2. a salesperson in a store (Freq. 2)
 • Syn:
 salesclerk, shop clerk, shop assistant
 • Derivationally related forms:
 clerkship
 • Usage Domain:
 Britain (for: shop assistant)
 • Hypernyms:
 salesperson, sales representative, sales rep
 • Hyponyms:
 shop boy, shop girl
 
 work as a clerk, as in the legal business
 • Derivationally related forms:
 clerking
 • Hypernyms:
 work
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 - Somebody ----s PP
 
 
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