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Webster 1913 Edition


Customer

Cus′tom-er

(kŭs′tŭm-ẽr)
,
Noun.
[A doublet of
customary
,
a.
: cf. LL.
custumarius
toll gatherer. See
Custom
.]
1.
One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.
[Obs.]
The
customers
of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey cloths.
Hakluyt.
2.
One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer.
He has got at last the character of a good
customer
; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it.
Goldsmith.
3.
A person with whom a business house has dealings;
as, the
customers
of a bank
.
J. A. H. Murray.
4.
A peculiar person; – in an indefinite sense;
as, a queer
customer
; an ugly
customer
.
[Colloq.]
Dickens.
5.
A lewd woman.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Customer

CUSTOMER

, n.
1.
One who frequents any place of sale for the sake of purchasing goods; one who purchases goods or wares.
2.
One who frequents or visits any place for procuring what he wants. We say, a mill has many customers. Hence a person who receives supplies is called a customer; the smith, the shoemaker and the tailor have their customers; and the coffee-house has its customers.
3.
A toll-gatherer.

Definition 2024


customer

customer

English

Noun

customer (plural customers)

  1. A patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
    Every person who passes by is a potential customer.
  2. (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
    a cool customer, a tough customer, an ugly customer

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