|klīən.|tel, -lēən- also -lēˌän- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French clientèle, from Latin clientela, from client-, cliens
1. archaic : the quality or state of being a client (sense 1) : the institution of clientship
2. : a body of clients
the clientele of an advertising agency
the theater's regular clientele
the clientele of our colleges — R.W.Livingstone
a large city hospital clientele — Journal American Medical Association