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Webster 1913 Edition
Clientele
Cliˊen-tele′
(? or ?)
, Noun.
[L.
clientela
: cf. F. clientèle
.] 1.
The condition or position of a client; clientship
. [Obs.]
Bp. 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.Definition 2024
clientele
clientele
See also: clientèle
English
Alternative forms
Noun
clientele (usually uncountable, plural clienteles)
- The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.
- Helen's clientele encompasses a broad range of different ages, races and social statuses.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 34 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
- The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.
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Translations
body of clients who frequent an establishment
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