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noun
The state or business of a clerk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
the job of clerk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
History
Etymology tree English clerk Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English clerkship From clerk + -ship.
