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death clerks

death clerks is the plural of death clerk.

Meaning of death clerk

Noun

death clerk (plural death clerks)

  1. (US) A clerk responsible for coordinating executions.
    • By the 1980s, the Supreme Court had appointed a “death clerk” whose job it is to handle last-minute filings and coordinate with any local execution team about to carry out a sentence.2012, David Garland, Peculiar Institution, page 45

Questions about death clerks

What is death clerks the plural of?
Death clerks is the plural of death clerk.

Words near death clerks in the dictionary

  1. death certificate
  2. death certificates
  3. death chamber
  4. death chambers
  5. death clerk
  6. death clerks
  7. death clock
  8. death clocks
  9. death cult
  10. death cultist
  11. death cultists

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