shipping clerk

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shipping clerk

One who is employed to prepare, pack, receive, or record shipments of goods.

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shipping clerk

(Professions) a person employed by a company to arrange, receive, record, and send shipments of goods

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ship′ping clerk`

a clerk who attends to the packing, dispatching, etc., of shipments.

[1855–60]

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shipping clerk - an employee who ships and receives goods

clerk - an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

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THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY (12A) RAMANUJAN (Dev Patel) is a 25-year-old shipping clerk in 1914 Madras, who dreams about formulae, which he scribbles in chalk on temple floors.