clientele

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cli=en=tele

CIDE DICTIONARY

clientele, n. [L. clientela: cf. F. clientèle.].

•  The condition or position of a client; clientship  Bp. Hall.  [1913 Webster]
•  The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

clientele, n.
1 clients collectively.
2 customers, esp. of a shop.
3 the patrons of a theatre etc.

Etymology

L clientela clientship & F client{egrave}le

ROGET THESAURUS

clientele

Purchase

N purchase, emption, buying, purchasing, shopping, preemption, refusal, coemption, bribery, slave trade, buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee, patron, employer, client, customer, clientele, purchased, caveat emptor, the customer is always right.