[clerk] n [ME, fr. OF clerc & OE cleric, clerc, both fr. LL clericus, fr. LGk klerikos, fr. Gk kleros lot, inheritance (in allusion to Deut 18:2), stick of wood; akin to Gk klan to break--more at clast] (bef. 12c) 1: cleric
2. archaic: scholar 3 a: an official responsible (as to a government agency) for correspondence, records, and accounts and vested with specified powers or authority (as to issue writs or other processes as ordered by a court) "city ~" b: one employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work c: one who works at a sales or service counter -- clerk.ship n
[2]clerk vi (1551): to act or work as a clerk