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cli·ent    Audio Help   [klahy-uhnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
2.a person who is receiving the benefits, services, etc., of a social welfare agency, a government bureau, etc.
3.a customer.
4.anyone under the patronage of another; a dependent.
5.Computers. a workstation on a network that gains access to central data files, programs, and peripheral devices through a server.
6.client state.
7.(in ancient Rome) a plebeian who lived under the patronage of a patrician.
–adjective
8.being a regular customer: a client company.
9.economically, and often militarily, dependent upon a more prosperous, more powerful nation.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L client-, s. of cliéns person seeking the protection or influence of someone powerful; perh. akin to clīnāre to bend (see incline)]

cli·en·tal    Audio Help   [klahy-en-tl, klahy-uhn-tl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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cli·ent    Audio Help   (klī'ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The party for which professional services are rendered, as by an attorney.
  2. A customer or patron: clients of the hotel.
  3. A person using the services of a social services agency.
  4. One that depends on the protection of another.
  5. A client state.
  6. Computer Science A computer or program that can download files for manipulation, run applications, or request application-based services from a file server.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cliēns, client-, dependent, follower; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

cli'ent·age (-ən-tĭj) n., cli·en'tal (klī-ěn'tl, klī'ən-) adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
client 
1393, from Anglo-Fr. clyent, from L. cliens (acc. clientem) "follower, retainer," perhaps a var. of prp. of cluere "listen, follow, obey" (see listen); or from clinare "to incline, bend," from suffixed form of PIE base *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)). The ground sense is of one who leans on another for protection. In ancient Rome, a plebian under protection of a patrician (in this relationship called patronus, see patron), originally in Eng. "a lawyer's customer," by c.1600 extended to any customer. Clientele is 1563, from Fr. clientèle, from L. clientela "relationship between dependent and patron."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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client

noun
1. a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer 
2. someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer
3. (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
client1 [ˈklaiənt] noun
a person who receives professional advice from a lawyer, accountant etc
Arabic: مُوكّل (في دَعوى)
Chinese (Simplified): (律师的)当事人
Chinese (Traditional): (律師的)當事人
Czech: klient
Danish: klient
Dutch: clia ant
Estonian: klient
Finnish: asiakas
French: client, *-ente
German: der, *die Klient(in)
Greek: πελάτης (π.χ. δικηγόρου)
Hungarian: ügyfél
Icelandic: skjólstæðingur
Indonesian: klien
Italian: cliente
Japanese: 依頼人
Korean: 소송 의뢰인
Latvian: klients
Lithuanian: klientas
Norwegian: klient
Polish: klient
Portuguese (Brazil): cliente
Portuguese (Portugal): cliente
Romanian: client
Russian: клиент
Slovak: klient, -ka
Slovenian: stranka
Spanish: cliente
Swedish: klient
Turkish: müvekkil
client2 [ˈklaiənt] noun
a customer
Example: That hairdresser is very popular with his clients.
Arabic: زُبون
Chinese (Simplified): 顾客
Chinese (Traditional): 顧客
Czech: zákazník
Danish: kunde
Dutch: klant
Estonian: klient
Finnish: asiakas
French: client, *-ente
German: der, *die Kunde, *Kundin
Greek: πελάτης (καταστήματος)
Hungarian: vevő; vendég
Icelandic: viðskiptavinur
Indonesian: pelanggan
Italian: cliente
Japanese: 顧客
Korean: 고객, 단골 손님
Lithuanian: klientas
Norwegian: kunde
Polish: klient
Portuguese (Brazil): cliente
Portuguese (Portugal): cliente
Romanian: client
Russian: клиент
Slovak: zákazník, -čka
Slovenian: stranka
Spanish: cliente
Swedish: kund
Turkish: müşteri
See also: clientèle

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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client    Audio Help   (klī'ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
A program that runs on a personal computer or workstation connected to a computer network and requests information from a file server.

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client programming
A computer system or process that requests a service of another computer system or process (a "server") using some kind of protocol and accepts the server's responses. A client is part of a client-server software architecture.
For example, a workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server.
(1997-10-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Client

Cli"ent\, n. [L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere to be named or called; akin to Gr. ? to hear, Skr. [,c]ry, and E. loud: cf. F. client. See Loud.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

2. A dependent; one under the protection of another.

I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you. --B. Jonson.

3. (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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