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le clerc

/klɛʁ/ noun · masculine C2
  1. a clergyman, usually in Christianity
  2. clerk (office worker)

Plural clercs · Feminine clergesse

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C'était une honnête figure de deuxième clerc de Paris, élevé à la dignité infranchissable de tabellion de la banlieue.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 448 · C1
Les clercs et les juristes, qui connaissent le latin, ajoutent alors aux mots des lettres destinées à rappeler leur origine savante.
Pourquoi l'orthographe française est si difficile, p. 1 · C1

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