| 单词 | clientele | 
| 释义 | clientelen. 1.   a.  An entire group or body of dependants or clients (client n. 1). Now chiefly historical.Formerly also in plural in same sense (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > 			[noun]		 > dependant > body of clientele1570 cliental1581 clientry1594 dependence1606 dependency1615 clientage1633 pensionry1641 clientelage1843 1570    J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes 		(rev. ed.)	 I.  iv. 352/1  				So should be placed mo of the popes clientele in the churches of Fraunce, than of the proper inhabitance of the land. 1629    W. Crosse tr.  Sallust Hist. Fragm. & Orations in  tr.  Sallust Wks. 678  				To them the vertue of their ancestours left an acquired glory, dignity, and clientels. 1649    Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions  iv. vi. 454  				Those of the Roman clientele are not more carefull. 1721    N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.  				Clientels, persons under Protection or Vassallage. 1832    Courier 17 Nov.  				In this clientele consists the danger for the present administration. 1863    R. S. Tharin Arbitrary Arrests in South 19  				The despotic will of a few cotton-planters, and their worse than Helvetic clienteles. 1904    S. Dill Rom. Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius  i. ii. 94  				In the train..were..senators and men of consular rank who had a clientele of their own. 1929    Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 23 141  				The Chamber broken into a kaleidoscopic picture of..semi-feudal clientèles. 1987    A. Goldhammer tr.  P. Veyne Rom. Empire 103  				There are two kinds of clientele: in one the client needs a patron; in the other the patron courts clients for the sake of his glory. 2011    E. L. Wheeler in  P. Erakamp Compan. Rom. Army xiv. 235  				Osrhoene often belonged to the Roman clientele.  b.  The status or position of a dependant or client (client n. 1); clientship. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > 			[noun]		 > person similar to feudal vassal > in ancient Rome > position or relation of clientry1594 clientele1611 clientship1649 clientelage1660 clientage1777 1611    B. Jonson Catiline  iii. sig. H  				Vargunteius..vnder the pretext of clientele And visitation, with the morning Hayle, Will be admitted. 1655    H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 126  				Redeemed from the Clientele and Vassallage of the Nobility. 1701    T. Brett Acct. Church-govt. xv. 197  				Tho' some will pretend to derive it [sc. feudal tenure] from the old Clientele amongst them, but 'tis certainly very different from it. 1875    N. Amer. Rev. 120 456  				From the very exaggeration of the aristocratic regime..there rose an institution, the clientel. 1998    C. Wickham Community & Clientele 12th-Cent. Tuscany ii. 32  				Donnuccio's collaborator..witnessed for Moro and Lamberto, and Lamberto witnessed for him: a set of links that indicates a relationship of collaboration, rather than of clientele. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > 			[noun]		 avowry1330 lordshipc1405 goodlordship1418 good mastership1428 good masterhood1445 patrocinyc1475 patronage1553 patrocine1590 Maecenatism1606 auspice1611 clientele1611 patrocination1640 favour1692 Maecenasship1816 shefstvo1937 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > 			[noun]		 > protection or patronage avowry1330 governail1395 protectorship1576 patronage1590 clientele1611 protection1809 1611    T. Coryate Crudities sig. Rr  				It..enioyeth great peace vnder their sacred clientele and protection. a1662    P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus 		(1670)	 96  				Under the Clientele or Patronage of some juster Governor. 1676    E. Coles Eng. Dict.  				Clientele, a taking of Clients into protection. 1792    W. Smith Patriot No. 2. 9  				They have the patronage of wealth, and clientele of poverty. 1893    Year Bk. Central Conf. Amer. Rabbis 1892–3 15  				The hospes who sat under the clientele of him in whose tent he sought shelter.  2.   a.  The customers of a shop, bar, restaurant, or similar establishment, considered collectively. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > 			[noun]		 > customer or client > collectively custom1665 clientele1835 clientship1855 customer base1954 client base1957 1835    True Sun 19 June  				The united attacks of heat and ‘laughter holding both his sides’, would have proved too much even for her fun-admiring clientelle. 1880    Atlantic Mag. Sept. 306  				The clientèle of Snelling's bar-room. 1937    Amer. Speech 12 315/2  				His store..makes little attempt to attract a high-income clientele. 1976    Honolulu Star-Bull. 21 Dec.  e1/5  				The Broiler..caters to a younger, college-age clientele. 1996    Time Out 17 Jan. 39/4  				The shop has a faithful clientèle..and produces its own hair serum and water-soluble wax. 2013    Time Out N.Y. 31 Jan. 20/2  				Moises elevates the blue-collar meal to an elegant dish becoming of the clientele.  b.  The customers of a person or organization offering professional services, considered collectively. ΚΠ 1839    Era 5 May 378/4  				Sir James Clark is already tired of Court business. His clientelle has become too numerous for his health. 1843    Fraser's Mag. Jan. 104/2  				He might have remained an advocate and deputy, with one of the largest clientelles in Paris. 1882    Med. Temp. Jrnl. 1 50  				The..high esteem in which he is held by his extensive clientele. 1912    E. Q. Keasbey Courts & Lawyers New Jersey 1661–1912 75  				He has for many years guarded the interests of a large and important clientele, and making a specialty of corporation law has long served as counsel. 1941    Washington Post 30 Mar. 1/4  				Dr. Barnard claimed his normal fee is $500 a day when he is obliged to be away from his lucrative clientele which includes many famous Hollywood stars. 1980    Economist 		(Nexis)	 23 Feb. 51  				Preference is given to established businessmen who already have a clientele and who do not depend on passing trade. 2007    Sunday Tel. 		(Sydney)	 4 Mar. 13/4  				In the past four years, the number of patients he saw who wanted post-baby surgery had risen to 35 per cent of his clientele. Derivatives  clienˈteled adj. rare (with modifying adverb) having or supplied with a clientele of a specified size or type. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > 			[adjective]		 > having clients cliented1602 clienteledc1613 c1613    Minute Acct. People of Anglesea 		(1860)	 49  				These that glory to see them selves well clienteled, and are the best Jury mungers. 2002    Sun-Sentinel 		(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)	 		(Electronic ed.)	 15 Aug.  				The downscale, smoke-filled, eclectically clienteled Snake and Jake's Christmas Lounge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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