noun
1 person working in an office
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , senior
▪ assistant , junior
▪ articled ( BrE ), law ( AmE )
▪ bank , city ( AmE ), council ( BrE ), county ( AmE ), court , office , parish ( BrE ), solicitor's ( BrE ), town ( esp. AmE )
▪ accounting ( AmE ), accounts ( BrE ), booking ( BrE ), file ( AmE ), filing ( BrE ), supply ( AmE )
▪
He started work as a railway booking ~.
▪ mail ( AmE ), postal ( AmE ), post office
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
a former ~ to Chief Justice George P. Willison
PHRASES
▪ the office of ~ , the post of ~
2 ( AmE ) person working in a shop/store or hotel
ADJECTIVE
▪ bookstore , grocery , sales , store
▪ desk , hotel , motel