| 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: | accountant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who maintains financial accounts of a business |
Synonyms: |
CPA, actuary, analyst, auditor, bookkeeper, calculator, cashier, clerk, comptroller, examiner, public accountant, reckoner, teller |
| 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 |
| 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: | bookkeeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accountant |
Synonyms: |
CPA, auditor, bean counter, clerk |
| Main Entry: | clergyman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minister |
Synonyms: |
abbey, archbishop, bible thumper, bishop, blackcoat, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, churchman, cleric, clerk, curate, dean, devil dodger, divine, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, harp polisher, missionary, monsignor, padre, parson, pastor, pontiff, preacher, predicant, priest, primate, pulpitarian, pulpiteer, rabbi, rector, reverend, sermonizer, shepherd, sky pilot, sky scout, the rev, turn-around collar, vicar |
Antonyms: |
layman, layperson |