Clerkship
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state or business of a clerk. countable, uncountable
"Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway."
- 2 the job of clerk wordnet
- 3 A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years. countable, uncountable
- 4 Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school. countable, uncountable
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More examples"Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway."
Etymology
From clerk + -ship.
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