client state

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client state

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Originally referred to the realm of a client king of Rome.

noun client states

A state that is economically, politically or militarily dependent on another, more powerful state. On the second day of a US diplomatic push aimed at shoring up the fragile Gaza ceasefire, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, dismissed as “hogwash” suggestions that his country was a client state of Washington.
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noun state that is subordinate

Español	estado cliente
中文	從屬國 /从属国 cóngshǔguó, 僕從國 /仆从国 púcóng guó, púzòng guó
Français	État client
Deutsch	Klientelstaat

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@misc{client_state_2026,
  title = {client state},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/client%20state},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}