"clerkship" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: clerkships [plural]
Etymology: clerk + -ship Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clerk|ship}} clerk + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clerkship (countable and uncountable, plural clerkships)
  1. The state or business of a clerk. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-clerkship-en-noun-JME39SrJ
  2. (law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-clerkship-en-noun-t~RcH2pG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 45 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ship: 8 49 43 Topics: law
  3. (medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-clerkship-en-noun-nQNBpE27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 45 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ship: 8 49 43 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: law clerk

Inflected forms

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