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clientess

noun

Etymology

From client + -ess.

  1. derived from cliēns
  2. derived from client
  3. derived from clyent
  4. inherited from client
  5. suffixed as clientess — “client + ess”

Definitions

  1. A female client.

    • Possible too to have a lawyer bribeless and without fee, if his clientess, or female client, please his eye well: […]
    • He holds his clientesses, not by a benefit, but by a temptation; by their folly and weakness, not by their wisdom.
    • The clientesses' skirts are short and daring, their stretch stocking-boots rise above their knees.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA