clark
n. countablen. an old word for a person who works in an office or a church, keeping records and writing letters. It is the original way people spelled and said 'clerk'.
n. an archaic spelling and variant pronunciation of 'clerk', referring to a person employed to maintain records or conduct general office tasks. Historically used to denote a member of the clergy or a scholar.
The clark wrote down every name in the big book.
In the old village records, the clark had noted the birth of every child with careful handwriting.
The medieval manuscript was meticulously transcribed by a clark who spent his entire life within the silent walls of the monastery library.
From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.
Now primarily encountered as a surname or in historical texts; in modern British English, the pronunciation /klɑːrk/ is retained for the spelling 'clerk'.