Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clientele"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clientele \Cli`en*tele"\ (? or ?), n. [L. clientela: cf. F.
client[`e]le.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clientele
n : customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: {patronage}, {business}]
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