clientele
noun
cli·en·tele ˌklī-ən-ˈtel 
ˌklē-ən-,
also ˌklē-ˌän-
: a body of clients
a shop that caters to an exclusive clientele
Example Sentences
… Gottfried had been complaining for months that our local clientele didn't have the class to appreciate the house. 
Jane Smiley, Good Faith, 2003 The lunchtime clientele at TJ's was polymorphous as usual, as at District Court, though there was a higher percentage of respectable clients here—local business folk having lunch at one of the last downtown bars that served decent food but wasn't fancy. Tracy Kidder, Home Town, 1999 The collections shown last month not only had plenty of clothes for the couture clientele to choose from, but, even more importantly, they were loaded with multiple messages for the fashion community at large. Carrie Donovan, New York Times Magazine, 21 Feb. 1988 According to the State Department in-jokes, this was the most exclusive place in Washington. For its clientele was made up almost entirely of CIA and KGB agents watching one another watching other people. Erich Segal, The Class, (1985) 1986 The restaurant generally attracts an older clientele.
Jane Smiley, Good Faith, 2003 The lunchtime clientele at TJ's was polymorphous as usual, as at District Court, though there was a higher percentage of respectable clients here—local business folk having lunch at one of the last downtown bars that served decent food but wasn't fancy. Tracy Kidder, Home Town, 1999 The collections shown last month not only had plenty of clothes for the couture clientele to choose from, but, even more importantly, they were loaded with multiple messages for the fashion community at large. Carrie Donovan, New York Times Magazine, 21 Feb. 1988 According to the State Department in-jokes, this was the most exclusive place in Washington. For its clientele was made up almost entirely of CIA and KGB agents watching one another watching other people. Erich Segal, The Class, (1985) 1986 The restaurant generally attracts an older clientele. Recent Examples on the Web Many states permit sales at stores that specifically market to low-income clientele. Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2022 Soon the bookmakers used the welcoming base in Gibraltar for further expansion, in particular finding new clientele in the Middle East and East Asia. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 In 2020 in Portland, Ore., dancers organized against racist practices that pinned blame for clubs’ shrinking clientele on Black strippers. Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Accordingly, along with dozens of law firms and various shops and restaurants catering to the city’s new high-end female clientele, the divorce industry supported a steady stream of newspaper correspondents. Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 This approach to the factual reveals a fidelity to Rojas Contreras’s upbringing in a house crowded with her mother’s fortune-telling clientele that celebrated the unexplainable and surreal. Rosa Boshier, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Each has its own aesthetic and feel, slight differences in typical clientele, and poolside culture. Nathaniel Adams, Chron, 29 July 2022 Yet, making system updates was clunky, and the company sought a better overall experience for employees and clientele. Joyce Mullen, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Many states permit sales at stores that specifically market to low-income clientele. Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2022 See More
Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2022 Soon the bookmakers used the welcoming base in Gibraltar for further expansion, in particular finding new clientele in the Middle East and East Asia. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 In 2020 in Portland, Ore., dancers organized against racist practices that pinned blame for clubs’ shrinking clientele on Black strippers. Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Accordingly, along with dozens of law firms and various shops and restaurants catering to the city’s new high-end female clientele, the divorce industry supported a steady stream of newspaper correspondents. Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 This approach to the factual reveals a fidelity to Rojas Contreras’s upbringing in a house crowded with her mother’s fortune-telling clientele that celebrated the unexplainable and surreal. Rosa Boshier, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Each has its own aesthetic and feel, slight differences in typical clientele, and poolside culture. Nathaniel Adams, Chron, 29 July 2022 Yet, making system updates was clunky, and the company sought a better overall experience for employees and clientele. Joyce Mullen, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Many states permit sales at stores that specifically market to low-income clientele. Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
French clientèle, from Latin clientela, from client-, cliens — see client
First Known Use
1570, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
clientele
noun
cli·en·tele ˌklī-ən-ˈtel
: a group of clients