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overclerks

overclerks is the plural of overclerk.

Meaning of overclerk

Noun

overclerk (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

Questions about overclerks

What is overclerks the plural of?
Overclerks is the plural of overclerk.

Words near overclerks in the dictionary

  1. overcleared
  2. overclearing
  3. overclears
  4. overclerk
  5. overclerked
  6. overclerks
  7. overclever
  8. overcleverness
  9. overclimb
  10. overclimbed
  11. overclimbing

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