file clerk

noun

: a clerk who works on files

Examples of file clerk in a Sentence

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While that was my first day as a reporter, actually, my journey at The Miami Herald started on the first Monday of January 1966, when I was hired as a file clerk. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024 This was long before the major migration of African Americans to the Bay Area in World War II, during which time Soskin worked as a file clerk for a segregated shipyard workers union auxiliary. Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024 Lucido, who is being investigated internally for workplace complaints alleging unlawful discrimination and/or harassment, wants to fill two full-time positions — communications director and administrative assistant — and two part-time positions — intern coordinator and file clerk. Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2022 Throughout her tours, Soskin often discussed her unique backstory, which includes working at a segregated union hall as a file clerk during World War II and later becoming a political and community activist and songwriter during the civil rights movement. PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2022 See all Example Sentences for file clerk 

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of file clerk was in 1919

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“File clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/file%20clerk. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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