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noun
1.
the clients or customers, as of a professional person or shop, considered collectively; a group or body of clients: This jewelry store has a wealthy clientele.
2.
dependents or followers.
Origin:
1555–65; < Latin clientēla, equivalent to client- (see client) + -ēla collective noun suffix; (def. 1) probably < French clientèle < Latin
1555–65; < Latin clientēla, equivalent to client- (see client) + -ēla collective noun suffix; (def. 1) probably < French clientèle < Latin
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Clientele
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Example Sentences
- The daily plate lunches are what keep the loyal clientele coming back to this popular diner.
- The dean is looking at the bottom line and hoping that you won't be driving away the clientele.
- Yet a few basic types will satisfy a diverse clientele.
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Word Origin & History
clientele
1560s, "body of professed adherents," from Fr. clientèle, from L. clientela "relationship between dependent and patron, body of clients," from clientem (nom. cliens; see client). Meaning "customers" is from 1865, perhaps a reborrowing from Fr.
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