clientess

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noun

A female client.

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Meanings

nounclientess (plural clientesses)

plural clientesses

  1. nonstandardrareA female client.

    The clientesses' skirts are short and daring, their stretch stocking-boots rise above their knees.

    2022, Alisa Ganieva, Offended Sensibilities
    2 more examples

    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

Origin

From client + -ess.

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APA

clientess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clientess

MLA

“clientess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clientess. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clientess,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clientess.

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