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clerk
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of CLERK
1
an official whose job is to keep records <you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk>
Related Words archivist, bookkeeper, recorder, reporter, transcriptionist; annalist, chronicler, documenter, historian
2
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store <the clerk suggested a different brand>
Related Words salespeople; salesgirl, saleslady, saleswoman, shopgirl; pitchman, pitchwoman; floorwalker
3
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church <the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants>
Synonyms cleric, clerical, clerk, deacon, divine, dominie, ecclesiastic, minister, preacher, priest, reverend
Related Words churchman, clergyman, father, Holy Joe [slang], padre; clergywoman, deaconess, priestess; abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean, diocesan, monsignor, pope, prelate, presbyter; abbé, curate, curé, parson, pastor, rector, shepherd, vicar; chaplain, confessor, sky pilot; evangelist, missionary, missioner, missionizer, revivalist; friar, mendicant, monastic, monk, oblate, religious; high priest, high priestess
Near Antonyms lay reader, lector
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