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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
| Synonyms: | agent, amanuensis, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, copyist, counter jumper, counterperson, employee, notary, office helper, operator, paper pusher, paper shuffler, pen pusher, pencil pusher, receptionist, recorder, registrar, salesperson, secretary, seller, shopperson, stenographer, teller, transcriber, white collar, worker |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | cashier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bank worker |
| Synonyms: | accountant, banker, bursar, clerk, collector, paymaster, purser, receiver, teller, treasurer |
| Main Entry: | clergyperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister of church |
| Synonyms: | abbey, archbishop, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchperson, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, person of God, person of the cloth, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, vicar |
| Main Entry: | employee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person being paid for working for another or a corporation |
| Synonyms: | agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, jobholder, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge of church |
| Synonyms: | abbot, archbishop, archdeacon, bishop, chaplain, clergy, clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, confessor, curate, deacon, dean, diocesan, divine, ecclesiastic, lecturer, missionary, monk, parson, pastor, preacher, prelate, priest, pulpiteer, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar |
| Notes: | a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader |
| Main Entry: | salesperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salesman/woman |
| Synonyms: | businessperson, clerk, dealer, peddler, rep, sales assistant, sales rep, sales representative, salesclerk, salesgirl, saleslady, seller, store clerk, traveling salesperson, vendor |
| Main Entry: | secretary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | office worker |
| Synonyms: | assistant, clerk, executive secretary, receptionist, typist, word processor |
| Main Entry: | yeoman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worker |
| Synonyms: | assistant, attendant, churl, clerk, commoner, farmer, freeholder, servant, subordinate |
| Main Entry: | scribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | writer |
| Synonyms: | amanuensis, author, clerk, copier, copyist, editor, journalist, penman, reporter, scrivener, secretary, transcriber |
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