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Clerkship
see synonyms of clerkshipNoun
1. clerkship
the job of clerk
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Clerkship
see synonyms of clerkshipnoun
1.
a worker, esp in an office, who keeps records, files, etc
2. clerk to the justices
3.
an employee of a court, legislature, board, corporation, etc, who keeps records and accounts, etc
a town clerk
4. Also called: clerk of the House
(in the UK) a senior official of the House of Commons
5. Also called: clerk in holy orders
a cleric
6. US and Canadian short for salesclerk
7. Also called: desk clerk US and Canadian
a hotel receptionist
8. archaic
a scholar
verb
9. (intransitive)
to serve as a clerk
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Clerkship
see synonyms of clerkship noun
1.
a layman who has certain minor duties in a church
2.
an office worker who keeps records, types letters, does filing, etc.
3.
an official in charge of the records, accounts, etc. of a school board, court, town, etc.
4. US
a hotel employee who keeps the register, assigns guests to rooms, etc.
5. US
a person who sells in a store; salesclerk
6.
a person who handles mail, etc., as in a post office
7. Archaic
a clergyman
8. Archaic
a literate person; scholar
verb intransitive
9. US
to work or be employed as a clerk, esp. a salesclerk
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Clerkship
see synonyms of clerkshipn.
1. A person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, or filing.
2.
a. A person who keeps the records and performs the regular business of a court, legislative body, or municipal district.
b. Law A law clerk, as for a judge.
3. A person who works at a sales counter or service desk, as at a store or hotel.
4. A cleric.
5. Archaic A scholar.
intr.v. clerked, clerk·ing, clerks
To work or serve as a clerk: clerked in a store; clerks for a judge.
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