Assistant and Clerk

Assistant

Assistant noun - A person who helps a more skilled person.

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Clerk and assistant are semantically related. (North American) In some cases you can use "Clerk" instead a noun "Assistant".

Nearby Words: assist, assistance, assisting

Clerk noun - An official whose job is to keep records.

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Assistant and clerk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assistant" instead a noun "Clerk".

Nearby Words: clerical, clerkly, clerkship, clerking

good	good assistant	good clerk
female	female assistant	female clerk
original	original assistant	original clerk
legal	legal assistant	legal clerk
Other adjectives: poor, male, lowly, young, attractive, new, hapless, junior, perky, competent, local, sexy, elderly, blonde, creepy, unnamed.

She returns thirty seconds later, having decided to simply walk up and ask the clerk for the files after claiming to be Bourne's personal assistant.

Source: Speak Friend and Enter
In Muhyo and Roji, Roji fails a test that would allow him to officially advance to First Clerk and stay as Muhyo's assistant, when he takes too long to help carry out an injured fellow student.

Source: Dudley Do-Right Stops to Help

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