The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.
Source: tatoeba (19199)
Clerk
//klɑːk//
Synonyms for "clerk" (221 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (66)
comptrollerconsigneecontrollercopiercopyistcost accountantcost keepercpacuratecurecustomer agentdddeacondeaconessdivinedoctor of divinitydocumentalistdupeecclesiasticelder
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eldermanengraverfactorfedfederalfederal agentfiling clerkfloorwalkerfreight agentfunctionarygeneral agentgeniusgiant of learningholy joehumanistimplementink spillerinkslingerinstrumentinsurance agentjournalizerland agentlaw agentlay elderlay readerlearned clerklearned manlectorlecturerlettererlibrarianliterary agentliterary manlitterateurloan agentlover of learningman of godman of learningman of lettersmarkermastermindmilitary chaplainmine of informationministernews agentnotary
Related words (110)
notary publicofficialpadreparish clerkparliamentary agentparsonpassenger agentpastorpenpencil driverpenmanpennerphilologistphilologuephilomathphilosophephilosopherpolyhistorpolymathpreacher
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precentorpress agentprothonotarypunditpuppetpurchasing agentreaderreal estate agentreckonerrecord clerkrecorderrecording secretaryrecordistrectorregisterregistrarreverendruling eldersacristsacristansales agentsales engineersales forcesales managersales personnelsalesclerksalesgirlsalesladysalesmansalespeoplesalespersonsaleswomansavantscalperscholarscholasticschoolmanscorekeeperscorerscribblerscribescrivenersecretarysellerselling agentsermonizerservant of godsextonshamesshepherdshop clerksidesmansky divesky pilotspecial agentstation agentstenographerstewardstonecutterstore clerkstudentsuccentorsuissesupply clergysupply ministerteaching elderthe reverendthe very reverendtheatrical agentthuriferticket agentticket scalpertimekeepertonsured clerictooltranscribertravel agentvergervergeresswalking delegatewalking encyclopediaword-slingerwriter
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4 entriesat location
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16 entriesTranslations
179 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- klerk noun (one working with records etc.)
Albanian
1 entries- shkrues noun (one working with records etc.)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γραμματεύς noun (one working with records etc.)
Arabic
2 entries- مُوَظَّف noun (one working with records etc.)
- مُوَظَّفَة noun (one working with records etc.)
Armenian
3 entries- գրագիր noun (one working with records etc.)
- գրասենյակային ծառայող noun (one working with records etc.)
- կլերկ noun (one working with records etc.)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- katib noun (one working with records etc.)
Belarusian
4 entries- клерк noun (one working with records etc.)
- слу́жачая noun (one working with records etc.)
- слу́жачы noun (one working with records etc.)
- службо́вец noun (one working with records etc.)
Bulgarian
3 entries- чино́вник noun (one working with records etc.)
- чино́вница noun (one working with records etc.)
- чино́вничка noun (one working with records etc.)
Burmese
1 entries- စာရေး noun (one working with records etc.)
Catalan
2 entries- clergue noun (cleric or clergyman)
- oficinista noun (one working with records etc.)
Chechen
1 entries- йохкархо noun (one working with records etc.)
Chichewa
1 entries- kalaliki noun (one working with records etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 店員 /店员 noun (one working with records etc.)
- 文員 /文员 noun (one working with records etc.)
- 書記 /书记 noun (one working with records etc.)
- 營業員 /营业员 noun (one working with records etc.)
Czech
2 entries- úřednice noun (one working with records etc.)
- úředník noun (one working with records etc.)
Danish
4 entries- ekspedient noun (one working with records etc.)
- ekspeditrice noun (one working with records etc.)
- kontorassistent noun (one working with records etc.)
- kontorfunktionær noun (one working with records etc.)
Dutch
2 entries- bediende noun (one working with records etc.)
- klerk noun (one working with records etc.)
Esperanto
3 entries- aktisto noun (one working with records etc.)
- komizo noun (one working with records etc.)
- oficisto noun (one working with records etc.)
Estonian
2 entries- kontoriametnik noun (one working with records etc.)
- äriteenija noun (one working with records etc.)
Finnish
2 entries- konttoristi noun (one working with records etc.)
- virkailija noun (one working with records etc.)
French
2 entries- greffier noun (one working with records etc.)
- greffière noun (one working with records etc.)
Galician
4 entries- carteleiro noun (one working with records etc.)
- crego noun (cleric or clergyman)
- escrebente noun (one working with records etc.)
- escribán noun (one working with records etc.)
Georgian
1 entries- კლერკი noun (one working with records etc.)
German
4 entries- Angestellte noun (one working with records etc.)
- Buchhalter noun (one working with records etc.)
- Büroangestellte noun (one working with records etc.)
- Bürokauffrau noun (one working with records etc.)
Greek
1 entries- υπάλληλος noun (one working with records etc.)
Hebrew
2 entries- פָּקִיד noun (one working with records etc.)
- פקידה noun (one working with records etc.)
Hindi
4 entries- क्लर्क noun (one working with records etc.)
- बाबू noun (one working with records etc.)
- मुंशी noun (one working with records etc.)
- मुहर्रिर noun (one working with records etc.)
Hungarian
2 entries- hivatalnok noun (one working with records etc.)
- irodai dolgozó noun (one working with records etc.)
Icelandic
1 entries- skrifstofumaður noun (one working with records etc.)
Ido
1 entries- klerko noun (one working with records etc.)
Indonesian
3 entries- kerani noun (one working with records etc.)
- klerek noun (one working with records etc.)
- panitera noun (one working with records etc.)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- سِکْرِتِر noun (one working with records etc.)
- مُنْشی noun (one working with records etc.)
- کاتِب noun (one working with records etc.)
- کارْمَنْد noun (one working with records etc.)
Irish
1 entries- cléireach noun (one working with records etc.)
Italian
2 entries- impiegata noun (one working with records etc.)
- impiegato noun (one working with records etc.)
Japanese
3 entries- 事務員 noun (one working with records etc.)
- 店員 noun (one working with records etc.)
- 書記 noun (one working with records etc.)
Kazakh
2 entries- клерк noun (one working with records etc.)
- қызметкер noun (one working with records etc.)
Khmer
2 entries- ស្មៀន noun (one working with records etc.)
- ស្មេរ noun (one working with records etc.)
Korean
3 entries- 사무원 noun (one working with records etc.)
- 서기 noun (one working with records etc.)
- 점원 noun (one working with records etc.)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- клерк noun (one working with records etc.)
- кызматчы noun (one working with records etc.)
Lao
2 entries- ພະນັກງານ noun (one working with records etc.)
- ສະໝຽນ noun (one working with records etc.)
Latin
1 entries- scrība noun (one working with records etc.)
Latvian
2 entries- ierēdne noun (one working with records etc.)
- ierēdnis noun (one working with records etc.)
Lithuanian
2 entries- tarnautoja noun (one working with records etc.)
- tarnautojas noun (one working with records etc.)
Luo
1 entries- karan noun (one working with records etc.)
Macedonian
4 entries- писар noun (one working with records etc.)
- слу́жбеник noun (one working with records etc.)
- службеничка noun (one working with records etc.)
- чи́новник noun (one working with records etc.)
Malay
1 entries- kerani noun (one working with records etc.)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ noun (one working with records etc.)
Mongolian
2 entries- бичээч noun (one working with records etc.)
- ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠡᠴᠢ noun (one working with records etc.)
Māori
1 entries- karaka noun (one working with records etc.)
Navajo
1 entries- naaltsoos ííłʼíní noun (one working with records etc.)
Norman
2 entries- clèrc noun (one working with records etc.)
- clèrcot noun (one working with records etc.)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ekspeditør noun (one working with records etc.)
- kontorist noun (one working with records etc.)
Polish
2 entries- urzędniczka noun (one working with records etc.)
- urzędnik noun (one working with records etc.)
Portuguese
4 entries- clérigo noun (cleric or clergyman)
- empregado de escritório noun (one working with records etc.)
- escrevente noun (one working with records etc.)
- escriturário noun (one working with records etc.)
Romanian
3 entries- birocrat noun (one working with records etc.)
- funcționar noun (one working with records etc.)
- secretar noun (one working with records etc.)
Russian
4 entries- делопроизводи́тель noun (one working with records etc.)
- делопроизводи́тельница noun (one working with records etc.)
- клерк noun (one working with records etc.)
- слу́жащая noun (one working with records etc.)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- clèireach noun (one working with records etc.)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- beležnica noun (one working with records etc.)
- beležnik noun (one working with records etc.)
- bilježnica noun (one working with records etc.)
- bilježnik noun (one working with records etc.)
Slovak
2 entries- úradník noun (one working with records etc.)
- úradníčka noun (one working with records etc.)
Slovene
4 entries- pisarniška uslužbenka noun (one working with records etc.)
- pisarniški uslužbenec noun (one working with records etc.)
- uradnica noun (one working with records etc.)
- uradnik noun (one working with records etc.)
Sotho
1 entries- tlelereke noun (one working with records etc.)
Spanish
4 entries- auxiliar administrativo noun (one working with records etc.)
- clérigo noun (cleric or clergyman)
- encargado noun (an employee at a hotel who deals with guests)
- escribiente noun (one working with records etc.)
Swahili
1 entries- karani noun (one working with records etc.)
Swedish
1 entries- tjänsteman noun (one working with records etc.)
Tajik
3 entries- корманд noun (one working with records etc.)
- котиб noun (one working with records etc.)
- хизматчӣ noun (one working with records etc.)
Thai
2 entries- พนักงาน noun (one working with records etc.)
- เสมียน noun (one working with records etc.)
Turkish
2 entries- kâtip noun (one working with records etc.)
- yazman noun (one working with records etc.)
Ukrainian
3 entries- клерк noun (one working with records etc.)
- службо́вець noun (one working with records etc.)
- службо́вка noun (one working with records etc.)
Urdu
4 entries- بابُو noun (one working with records etc.)
- مُحَرِّر noun (one working with records etc.)
- مُنْشی noun (one working with records etc.)
- کاتِب noun (one working with records etc.)
Uzbek
2 entries- klerk noun (one working with records etc.)
- xizmatchi noun (one working with records etc.)
Vietnamese
3 entries- người thư kí noun (one working with records etc.)
- nhân viên văn phòng noun (one working with records etc.)
- nhân viên văn thư noun (one working with records etc.)
Walloon
1 entries- comis noun (one working with records etc.)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Bob worked as a clerk in the grocery store on Saturday.
Source: tatoeba (33166)
The clerk was dismissed on the grounds of her rude manners.
Source: tatoeba (44853)
The clerk died from overwork.
Source: tatoeba (47043)
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