pencil pusher
Main Entry:
pencil pusher
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clerical worker
Synonyms: black-coat worker, desk worker, office worker, white-collar worker
Main Entry: clerk
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: desk jockey
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an office worker
Synonyms: clerical worker, desk worker, pen pusher, pencil driver, pencil pusher, white-collar worker
Main Entry: journalist
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who writes about factual events for a living
Synonyms: announcer, broadcaster, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, cub, editor, hack, media person, newspaper person, newsperson, pencil pusher, press, publicist, reporter, scribe, scrivener, stringer, television commentator, writer
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