overclerk

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noun

A clerk who also supervises one or more underclerks.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounoverclerk (plural overclerks)

plural overclerks

  1. A clerk who also supervises one or more underclerks.

    There were clerks innumerable, with underclerks beneath them and overclerks above.

    2009, Jedediah Berry, The Manual of Detection, →ISBN, page 22
    1 more example

    As Kharl followed the overclerk with his eyes, he noticed the robed figure of a lord justicer in the hallway outside.

    2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Ordermaster, →ISBN, page 355

Origin

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APA

overclerk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overclerk

MLA

“overclerk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overclerk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overclerk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overclerk.

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