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customer

[kuhs-tuh-mer]

noun

a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.

Informal. a person one has to deal with: a tough customer; a cool customer.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see custom, -er¹; compare Middle English customer collector of customs < Anglo-French; Old French costumier, cognate with Medieval Latin custumārius; see customary

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World English Dictionary

customer (ˈkʌstəmə)

—n
1.	a person who buys
2.	informal a person with whom one has dealings: a cool customer

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Word Origin & History

customer

14c., "customs official;" later "buyer" (early 15c.), from Anglo-Fr. custumer, from M.L. custumarius, from L. consuetudinarius (see custom). More generalized meaning "a person with whom one has dealings" emerged 1540s; that of "a person to deal with" (usually wth an adjective,

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tough, etc.) is by 1580s. In Shakespeare, the word also can mean "prostitute."

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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

customer

see ugly customer.