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noun

Client n.

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

A dependent; one under the protection of another. "I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you."

(Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

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Etymology of 'Client'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... patiently followed by Roman leaders and policy makers. Neighboring territories were amalgamated into the nucleus of the Roman Empire. More remote territories were associated by treaty as allies of Rome, as dependent or client dependencies of Rome, and as colonies or provinces of the Roman Empire. In all cases they were integral parts of an expanding political, economic and military sphere of influence with Rome, and later Italy, as the center and ...

— Civilization and Beyond - Learning From History • Scott Nearing

... handling high grade manufacturing plants had been phenomenal. Already at this business they had netted two million pounds. Reliable and expert accountants were always sent by them to examine thoroughly a client's ledgers. Already, bonds that carried the approval of Guerney & Barring, found ready market on Lombard, Prince, and other financial streets near the ...

— The Harris-Ingram Experiment • Charles E. Bolton

... thus with bowed head before his desk, he heard footsteps along the stone floor of the corridor outside. They halted at his door, and hesitating fingers fumbled with the knob. He looked up frowning and was about to send any chance client away, with the explanation that he was entirely too much occupied at present to be interrupted, when the face of the woman who opened the ...

— Lo, Michael! • Grace Livingston Hill

... decision that, if a fortune-teller honestly believes what she is saying, she is not defrauding her client, may be good law, but it does not sound like good sense. To a layman like myself it would seem more sensible to say that, if the client honestly believes what the fortune-teller is saying, then the client is not ...

— If I May • A. A. Milne

... counsel have thought proper to entertain your Lordships, and to defend their client, by comparing him with the men who are said to have erected a pyramid of ninety thousand human heads. Now look back, my Lords, to Benares; consider the extent of country laid waste and desolated, and its immense population; ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XI. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

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