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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a junior officer of a company, often appointed to the charge of a small trading post; occasionally in charge of a substantial district.

See: commis

Quotations

1765-75

I had Nine Clarks which I Imploid in differant Rivers that fel into the River.

1852

Many of the young men so educated have entered the Hudson's Bay Company service as clerks, and some have attained the rank of chief traders and chief factors.

1905

My present position was that of a $500 a year "clerk" in charge of a station of some importance. . . . The next highest grade was that of a chief trader. The next grade in the service, lower than that of "clerk" was "postmaster"--a class of non-commissioned officers, usually from the rank and file. . . .

2n. — Obs.

the purser on a passenger boat.

Quotations

1834

All baggage and small parcels are to be considered at the risk of the owners, unless delivered on board in charge of the Clerk.