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Definition of Client
1. Noun. A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer.
Generic synonyms: Case
Group relationships: Attorney-client Relation, Lawyer-client Relation
2. Noun. Someone who pays for goods or services.
Generic synonyms: Consumer
Specialized synonyms: Buyer, Emptor, Purchaser, Vendee, Guest, Frequenter, Patron, Policyholder, Shopper, Disburser, Expender, Spender, Reader, Subscriber, Taker, Warrantee, John, Trick, Whoremaster, Whoremonger
Group relationships: Business Relation
3. Noun. (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network.
Generic synonyms: Computer, Computing Device, Computing Machine, Data Processor, Electronic Computer, Information Processing System
Group relationships: Computer Network
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Definition of Client
1. n. A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.
Definition of Client
1. Noun. A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. ¹
2. Noun. (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server. ¹
3. Noun. Person who receives help or advice from a professional person (ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc). ¹
4. Noun. (legal) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Client
1. a customer [n -S] : CLIENTAL [adj] - See also: customer