Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - clerk

~1 n 1 someone who keeps records or accounts in an office  (a clerk in a commercial firm) 2 an official in charge of the records of a court, town council etc 3 AmE someone who deals with people arriving in a hotel  (Leave the keys with the desk clerk.) 4 AmE old-fashioned someone who serves people in a shop 5 old use a priest in the Church of England ~2 v informal especially AmE to work as a clerk