file clerk

American  

noun

1. an office employee whose principal work is to file and retrieve papers, records, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of file clerk

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The Los Angeles Police Department wasn’t hiring, so he worked as a file clerk at Northrop Aircraft temporarily and eventually began opening training schools for martial arts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Amid World War II, Soskin landed work as a file clerk in a boilermaker’s union hall in Richmond.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

He said Mr Trump's defence team was likely to argue the former president was just a "really bad file clerk".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023

By her early 20s she was living in New York, working as a file clerk and proofreader while trying to break in as a writer.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022

She skipped the office jobs knowing she’d have to start as a file clerk again.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith