customer

noun

A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.

(informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.

(obsolete) A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.

(India, historical) A native official who exacted customs duties.

Roots

consuetudocustom- · Latin · habit, custom

Synonyms for customer

clientn shoppern buyern purchasern consumern

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Where does customer come from?

The word customer breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root custom-, from Latin consuetudo (“habit, custom”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.