file clerk
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3.2
- noun
- US
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archivista
- John Optimist, a student, found part-time employment at City Hospital as a file clerk.
- work as a file clerk
- file clerk job
- just a file clerk
Examples
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Our next guest tonight works as a file clerk at a Cleveland hospital.
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I'm a file clerk at Harrison Feed and Grain.
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Anna, the humorless file clerk, is showing Erin around.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm a file clerk.
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She has a job as a file clerk at a busy law firm, organizing legal documents.
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As a file clerk, he is responsible for maintaining accurate records and filing paperwork.
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Maria works as a file clerk, where she sorts and files important documents for the office.
Synonyms
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1.3
A person who helps with office work like answering calls and doing paperwork
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2.5
A person who keeps records and does office tasks
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6.9
A person who collects, organizes, and keeps old records so people can use them
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3.3
A person who writes and keeps the official papers for a group
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6.5
An office worker who spends most of their time doing forms and paperwork
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3.1
An official who keeps the town's records and papers
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2.7
A person who organizes and keeps documents for an office
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3.8
A person who writes and saves important official information in files
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5.1
A person who puts office papers in order and keeps them safe
A person who keeps and updates an organization's official documents
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — an employee who organizes and maintains files — is directly and transparently derived from combining 'file' (a collection of documents) with 'clerk' (an employee who maintains records). This noun-noun compositional pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The name file clerk comes from the simple image of a worker who handles files and keeps records. A clerk was a person who looked after papers, so imagine someone at a cabinet sorting folders — that's why file clerk means 'an employee who organizes and keeps documents'.