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clerkish — clerk ► NOUN 1) a person employed in an office or bank to keep records or accounts and to undertake other routine administrative duties. 2) an official in charge of the records of a local council or court. 3) a senior official in Parliament. 4) a … English terms dictionary
clerkish — clerk·ish … English syllables
clerkish — kish adjective 1. : clerical 2. a. : suggesting a clerk or the work of a clerk b. : overprecise or particular of detail … Useful english dictionary
clerk — clerkish, adj. clerklike, adj. clerkship, n. /klerrk/; Brit. /klahrk/, n. 1. a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks. 2. a salesclerk. 3. a person who keeps the records and performs… … Universalium
clerk|y — «KLUR kee; British KLAHR kee», adjective. = clerkish. (Cf. ↑clerkish) … Useful english dictionary
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clerkishly — adverb In a clerkish manner … Wiktionary
clerklike — adjective Resembling a clerk or some aspect of one; tidy, bureaucratic, etc. Syn: clerkish … Wiktionary
clerk — [klα:k] noun 1》 a person employed in an office or bank to keep records or accounts and to undertake other routine administrative duties. 2》 an official in charge of the records of a local council or court. ↘a senior official in Parliament.… … English new terms dictionary
clerical — [adj1] secretarial accounting, bookkeeping, clerkish, clerkly, office, pink collar*, scribal, stenographic, subordinate, typing, white collar*, written; concept 536 clerical [adj2] concerning clergy apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric,… … New thesaurus
