From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtown clerkˌtown ˈclerk noun [countable] PGOan official who keeps the records of a town
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town clerk• This was in accordance with the advice of senior officers, including town clerk John Cobley.• I pretty much have to hire whatever walks through that door if the town clerk sends him up.• The town clerk, SiL Mr Sheets.• The fourth was town clerk, solicitor J. F. Cooper. 