filing clerk
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- These groups include representatives from each phase of production—from the executive to the filing clerk—but are run as democracies.
Examples
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They call me a junior executive, but really my duties are more that of a filing clerk.
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The busy office depended on the filing clerk to keep track of important records and manage the filing system.
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Someone could have spent four years as a filing clerk in the Reserve and rightfully claim that they have military experience.
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We need adventurers, as well as responsible, committed filing clerks, to make things work.
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As a filing clerk, my responsibility is to ensure that all documents are properly organized and easily accessible.
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Every day, the filing clerk sorted and filed hundreds of documents to maintain the office's efficiency.
Synonyms
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1.3
A person who helps with office work like answering calls and doing paperwork
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A person who keeps records and does office tasks
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A person who organizes and keeps office papers and records
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A person who writes and keeps the official papers for a group
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An office worker who spends most of their time doing forms and paperwork
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A person who writes and saves important official information in files
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A person who puts office papers in order and keeps them safe
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A person who collects, organizes and preserves important papers and files
A person who keeps and updates an organization's official documents
A person who does boring office paperwork all day
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who organizes and files documents' is directly and transparently derived from 'filing' (the systematic placement of papers) combined with 'clerk' (an employee who maintains records). This noun + noun/role construction is a common, compositional pattern in English (and in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Filing clerk comes from a simple office picture: a clerk, an office worker, who is filing, putting papers into files or folders in order. So the term means a person whose job is to 'organize' and 'keep' documents and records.