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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}.]
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1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer. [Obs.]
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The customers of the small or petty custom and of
the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey
cloths. --Hakluyt.
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2. One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a
trader; a purchaser; a buyer.
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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.
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3. A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the
customers of a bank. --J. A. H. Murray.
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4. A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer
customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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5. A lewd woman. [Obs.] --Shak.
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