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clientele /ˌkliːɒnˈtɛl /noun [treated as singular or plural]1Clients collectively: the solicitor’s clientele...- Pierson is unapologetic that Winter Harvest tends to serve a more upscale clientele.
- La Scala goes for a very specific ambience: fine dining and an upscale clientele.
- Mrs Shah, who is from Salisbury, said the main clientele would be business people and golfers but they also hope to attract families.
1.1The customers of a shop, bar, or place of entertainment: the dancers don’t mix with the clientele...- As these shops have a regular clientele they are not affected by the parking problem.
- Hunting seasons come and go and competitive shooters are only a small part of most gun shops' clientele.
- Although the audience was made up of a select clientele, there was a reasonable crowd by the time the Silva Surfer hit the stage.
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense 'clientship, patronage'): via French from Latin clientela 'clientship', from cliens, client- (see client). RhymesAdele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell |