Meanings
plural overclerks
- 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 221 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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