clerk [klurk] (plural clerks) noun 1. occupations commerce Same as salesclerk 2. service desk worker: somebody at a service desk who helps and advises other people. See also desk clerk 3. general office worker: a worker who performs general office duties such as keeping records or sending out correspondence 4. government worker who keeps records: an official who keeps transcripts and other records of a legislative or other body 5. law administrator in court of law: an administrator of the business of a court 6. law lawyer who works for judge: a lawyer, typically one just recently graduated from law school, who is employed as an assistant to a sitting judge 7. christianity cleric: a member of the clergy (formal) [Pre-12th century. Via ecclesiastical Latin clericus “of the clergy” < Greek kl?rikos < kl?ros "heritage"] -clerk, intransitive verb -clerk·dom, noun -clerk·ship, noun