shipping clerk

shipping clerk
noun
an employee who ships and receives goods
Hypernyms: ↑clerk

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noun
: one who is employed in a shipping room to assemble, pack, and send out or receive goods

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a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
[1855-60]

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shipping clerk noun
A person employed by a shipper to deal with the receiving and dispatching of goods
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Main Entry:ship

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shipping clerk,
1. a person whose work is to see to the packing and shipment of goods.
2. any person who works in a shipping room.

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