client
noun
[ ˈklʌɪənt ]
• a person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company.
• "insurance tailor-made to a client's specific requirements"
Similar:
customer,
buyer,
purchaser,
shopper,
consumer,
user,
patient,
patron,
regular,
habitué,
frequenter,
clientele,
patronage,
public,
market,
trade,
business,
punter,
vendee,
emptor,
• (in a network) a desktop computer or workstation that is capable of obtaining information and applications from a server.
• "workstation clients are going to be easy to install"
• (in ancient Rome) a plebeian under the protection of a patrician.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin cliens, client-, variant of cluens ‘heeding’, from cluere ‘hear or obey’. The term originally denoted a person under the protection and patronage of another, hence a person ‘protected’ by a legal adviser (client (sense 1)).
