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
  • 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
  • Klerk