client
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client
- /ˈklaɪ.ənt/
Rhymes with -aɪənt
Where it comes from
From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cliēns, akin to clinare (“to lean”).
noun clients
- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
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The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
Opposite: server
- A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant. 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 a
- 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.
- In ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens. The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).
- Ellipsis of client state A third preliminary comment deals explicitly with the relations between clients and superpowers.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: customer, guest, node, user, employer, business, consumer, agent, clientele, buyer, taxpayer, proxy, consignor, purchaser, payee, account
Translations
Every language
noun a customer or receiver of services
| Español | cliente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 손님 sonnim, 고객 gogaek, 고객님 gogaengnim, 객 gaek |
| 日本語 | 客 kyaku, お客さん o-kyaku-san, 顧客 kokyaku, クライアント kuraianto |
| 中文 | 顧客 /顾客 gùkè |
| हिन्दी | ग्राहक grāhak, असामी asāmī, मुवक्किल muvakkil, ख़रीदार xarīdār |
| Português | cliente, freguês |
| Français | client, cliente |
| Deutsch | Kunde, Kundin, Klient, Klientin |
| Italiano | cliente |
| Ελληνικά | πελάτης pelátis, πελάτισσα pelátissa |
| Română | client, clientă, mușteriu |
| Русский | клие́нт klijént, клие́нтка klijéntka, зака́зчик zakázčik, зака́зчица zakázčica |
| Tiếng Việt | khách hàng |
| العربية | زَبُون zabūn, مُشْتَرٍ muštarin |
| עברית | לָקוֹחַ lakóakh |
Talk about this word "client." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/client. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. client. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/client "client." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/client.Cite this
@misc{client_2026,
title = {client},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/client},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
