clerkess

/ klɑːˈkɛs /

noun

1. a female office clerk

Example Sentences

People in the Middle Ages would have wondered what could possibly be meant by a word which is common in Scotland for a "woman clerk"—clerkess.

From Project Gutenberg

Wherever the industrial spirit has triumphed over the military and aristocratic spirit, woman strives for the economic and legal independence of a clerk: "woman as clerkess" is inscribed on the portal of the modern society which is in course of formation.

From Project Gutenberg