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clientess

clientess noun: a female client.

Noun

clientess (plural clientesses)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) A female client.
    • Possible too to have a lawyer bribeless and without fee, if his clientess, or female client, please his eye well: […]1840, The Works of Thomas Middleton, page 521
    • He holds his clientesses, not by a benefit, but by a temptation; by their folly and weakness, not by their wisdom.1893, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 446

Forms of clientess

pluralclientesses

Origin of clientess

From client + -ess.

Questions about clientess

What does clientess mean?
Clientess means a female client.
What part of speech is clientess?
Clientess is a noun.
What is the plural of clientess?
The plural of clientess is clientesses.

Words near clientess in the dictionary

  1. clientelism
  2. clientelisms
  3. clientelist
  4. clientelistic
  5. clientelists
  6. clientess
  7. clientesses
  8. clienthood
  9. clienthoods
  10. clientish
  11. clientism

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