noun. The party for which professional services are rendered, as by an attorney.

noun. A customer or patron.

noun. A person using the services of a social services agency.

noun. One that depends on the protection of another.

noun. A client state.

noun. A computer or program that can download files for manipulation, run applications, or request application-based services from a file server.

noun. In Roman antiquity, a person who was under the guardianship and protection of another of superior rank and influence, called his patron.

noun. In a general sense, one who lives under the patronage of, or whose interests are represented by, another.

noun. In the middle ages, any follower of a noble or knight; an inferior soldier, mounted or on foot; a vassal.

noun. One who puts a particular interest into the care and management of another; specifically, one who applies to a lawyer for advice and direction in a question of law, or commits his cause or his legal interests in general to a lawyer's management.

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

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

noun. One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

noun. A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

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. Person who receives help or advice from a professional person (ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc).

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. someone who pays for goods or services

noun. a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer

noun. (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

"I never wanted to say the word client in my life, so I went into TV."

case  computer  computing device  computing machine  data processor  

Bryant  Giant  alliant  compliant  defiant  

access  application  consumer  customer  employee  

buyer  customer  dependent  principal