overclerk
English
Etymology
over- + clerk
Noun
overclerk (plural overclerks)
- A clerk who also supervises one or more underclerks.
- 2009, Jedediah Berry, The Manual of Detection, →ISBN, page 22:
- There were clerks innumerable, with underelerks beneath them and overclerks above.
- 2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Ordermaster, →ISBN, page 355:
- As Kharl followed the overclerk with his eyes, he noticed the robed figure of a lord justicer in the hallway outside.
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