/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; clientela, equiv. to client- (see CLIENT) + -ela collective n. suffix; (def. 1) prob. clientèle ]