clientess

English

Etymology

client +‎ -ess

Noun

clientess (plural clientesses)

1. (rare, nonstandard) A female client.
   • 1840, The Works of Thomas Middleton, page 521:

     Possible too to have a lawyer bribeless and without fee, if his clientess, or female client, please his eye well: […]

   • 1893, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 446:

     He holds his clientesses, not by a benefit, but by a temptation; by their folly and weakness, not by their wisdom.

   • 2022, Alisa Ganieva, Offended Sensibilities:

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

Anagrams

• Celestins, selectins