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A clerk is someone who works in an office. A retail clerk works in a store.

Office holder

Clerk(s) may also refer to a person who holds an office, most commonly in a local unit of government, or a court.

• Barristers' clerk, a manager and administrator in a set of barristers' chambers
• Clerk (municipal official)
• Court clerk
• Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Clerk of the Closet, held by a diocesan bishop
• Deputy Clerk of the Closet, the Domestic Chaplain to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
• Patent clerk, or Patent examiner
• Clerk (legislature)
  • Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada)
  • Clerk of the House of Commons, in the United Kingdom
  • Clerk of the Parliaments, in the United Kingdom
  • Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

Former titles

• Clerk of the Green Cloth, in the British Royal Household
• Clerk of the Peace, in England and Wales

Non-government titles

• Clerk (Quaker), an administrative role within the Religious Society of Friends
• Clerk (choral), an adult member of the choir at certain Colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Universities
• Clerk of works, in the UK, a tradesman who oversees a construction site

Films and related media

• Clerks (film), a 1994 American film by Kevin Smith
  • Clerks II, 2006 American film sequel by Kevin Smith
  • Clerks III, 2022 American film sequel by Kevin Smith
  • Clerks (soundtrack)
  • Clerks (comics), based on the film and published in the late 1990s by Oni Press
  • Clerks: The Animated Series, a 2000–2002 American television series
• Clerk (1989 film), a Bollywood film starring Manoj Kumar
• Clerk (2021 film), a documentary film about the life and career of filmmaker Kevin Smith

Other uses

• Clerk (surname), derived from the occupation

See also

• Cleric (disambiguation), related word
• " The Clerk's Tale", a story by Geoffrey Chaucer

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