clientele

clientele
/kluy'euhn tel", klee'ahn-/, n.
1. the clients or customers, as of a professional person or shop, considered collectively; a group or body of clients: This jewelry store has a wealthy clientele.
2. dependents or followers.
[1555-65; < L clientela, equiv. to client- (see CLIENT) + -ela collective n. suffix; (def. 1) prob. < F clientèle < L]

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