clerk
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
- 2.
(Quakerism)A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
- 3.
(archaic)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).
- 4.
(dated)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).
- 5.
(obsolete)A scholar.
13th century, Traditional carol, And all was for an appel, an appel that he toke/As clerkès finden written in their boke.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
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.
- 2.
(medicine) 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.
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ine-pro From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (of the clergy), from κλῆρος (lot, inheritance”, originally “shard used in casting lots). cleric.