clientele

Noun
US[klahy-uhn-tel]/ˌklaɪənˈtɛl/3 syllables
Synonyms: patronagebusiness

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. customers collectively“they have an upper class clientele”Synonyms: patronagebusinessType of people
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cli′en·tele′ (? or ?), noun

Origin: L. clientela: cf. F. clientèle.

1. The condition or position of a client; clientship. obsolete Bp. Joseph Hall

2. The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.

3. The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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