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clientele

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cli⋅en⋅tele

  [klahy-uhn-tel, klee-ahn-]
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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; < L clientēla, equiv. to client- (see client ) + -ēla collective n. suffix; (def. 1) prob. < F clientèle < L
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cli·en·tele   (klī'ən-těl', klē'än-)   
n.  

  1. The clients of a professional person or practice considered as a group.

  2. A body of customers or patrons: a restaurant's clientele.


[French clientèle, from Latin clientēla, clientship, from cliēns, client; see client.]
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