Clerk - Definition and Overview

A clerk can be someone who works in an office and whose duties include record-keeping or correspondence. Alternatively a clerk is a person who sells items in a store. In a medieval context, the word means "Scholar" and related to the word "cleric".

See also: County clerk, City clerk, Patent clerk, Data entry clerk

Clerk can also refer to:

• Clerks., a 1994 American film written and directed by Kevin Smith.
• Clerke, a lunar crater named for Agnes Mary Clerke.
• Clerk of Works, the highly qualified non-commissioned tradesmen in the Royal Engineers.
• Clerk of the Works, a person employed by the client on the site of a building construction project to represent his interests.
• Clerk of the Privy Council, the senior civil servant in the government and the Secretary to the Canadian Cabinet.