CLERKSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clerkship mean? 

• CLERKSHIP (noun)
  The noun CLERKSHIP has 1 sense:

1. the job of clerk

  Familiarity information: CLERKSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLERKSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The job of clerk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("clerkship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

clerk (an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts))

clerk (a salesperson in a store)

 Context examples 

How can your clerkship help you?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I'd never get beyond a clerkship, and how could you and I be happy on the paltry earnings of a clerk?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“But, father,” interrupted the young man, “it is surely true that I am already advanced several degrees in clerkship?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That dress shall therefore be stripped from thee, and thou shalt be cast into the outer world without benefit of clerkship, and without lot or part in the graces and blessings of those who dwell under the care of the Blessed Benedict.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)