单词 | clientry |
释义 | clientryn. rare in 18th cent. An entire group or body of clients (in various senses); a clientele. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant > body of clientele1570 cliental1581 clientry1594 dependence1606 dependency1615 clientage1633 pensionry1641 clientelage1843 society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > person similar to feudal vassal > in ancient Rome > position or relation of clientry1594 clientele1611 clientship1649 clientelage1660 clientage1777 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Kv None cared for couetous clientrie. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 130 They flattered a sordid part, not long before of their own clientry. 1828 J. C. Hare & C. Thirlwall tr. B. G. Niebuhr Hist. Rome I. 548 The influence of the clientry..was not able to prevent the election of the worthiest men. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. P. xiv A wholesale sponsor..of superficial conceits, whose clientry of clapper-clawers..have, in requital, shown themselves..valiantly railipotent. 1904 Bristol Medico-chirurgical Jrnl. 22 308 It is true he did not disdain..to consider..how one could most favourably impress his clientry; but this was not the leading object in his mind: he desired above all things that his pupil should become a good physician. 1981 Proc. Harvard Celtic Colloquium 1 58 The free clientry was composed of the hereditary nobility and the upwardly mobile descendants of the wealthier peasants. 2008 D. Shamp On Acct. Conspicuous Women xii. 78 More clientry means more money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594 |
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