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Client [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Among the Romans, a citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who, in respect to that relation, was called his patron. Hence in modern usage,

2. One who applies to a lawyer or counselor for advice and direction in a question of law, or commits his cause to his management in prosecuting a claim, or defending against a suit, in a court of justice.

3. A dependent.

Client [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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

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

Clientage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. State of being client.

2. A body of clients.

Cliental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Dependent.

Cliental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to a client.

Cliented [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Supplied with clients.

Cliented [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Supplied with clients.

Clientelage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Clientele, n., 2.

Clientele [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The condition or position of a client; clientship

2. The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.

3. The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

Clientship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The condition of a client; a state of being under the protection of a patron.

2. A steep bank; as the cliffs of Dover. So in Saxon, the cliffs of the Red Sea.

3. A high and steep rock; any precipice.

Clientship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.