client
/ˈklaɪ.ənt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.54 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
noun
A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
noun
A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
noun
In ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens.
noun
Ellipsis of client state.
Example Sentences
- "I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields[…]. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair,[…]. My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton."
- "The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included)."
- "A third preliminary comment deals explicitly with the relations between clients and superpowers."
- "Russia’s leader is a conservative, old-school thug. He thinks Russia is still a superpower, not what he’s made it: a despised rogue state and Chinese client."
Etymology
From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cliēns, akin to clinare (“to lean”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱlew-, client, clyent, cliēns