Cus"tom*er (kŭs"tŭm*&etilde;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.
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