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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Customer \Cus"tom*er\ (k[u^]s"t[u^]m*[~e]r), n. [A doublet of customary, a.: cf LL custumarius toll gatherer. See {Custom}.] 1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer. [Obs.] The customers of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey cloths. --Hakluyt. 2. One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer. He has got at last the character of a good customer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it --Goldsmith. 3. A person with whom a business house has dealings; as the customers of a bank. --J. A. H. Murray. 4. A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense as a queer customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] --Dickens. 5. A lewd woman. [Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: customer n : someone who pays for goods or services [syn: {client}]
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