[klɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person employed in an office or bank to keep records, accounts, and undertake other routine administrative duties
(e.g: a bank clerk)

- a receptionist in a hotel
(e.g: she approached the desk and the clerk looked down at her)

- a member of the clergy

- a literate or scholarly person


Phrases:
- Clerk of the Closet
- clerk of the course
- clerk of works

Origin:
Old English cleric, clerc (in the sense ‘ordained minister, literate person’), from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’ (see cleric); reinforced by Old French clerc, from the same source. clerk dates from the early 16th century

[klɑːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- work as a clerk
(e.g: eleven of those who left college this year are clerking in auction stores)


Phrases:
- Clerk of the Closet
- clerk of the course
- clerk of works

Origin:
Old English cleric, clerc (in the sense ‘ordained minister, literate person’), from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’ (see cleric); reinforced by Old French clerc, from the same source. clerk dates from the early 16th century