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Definition of: client
(klī′ənt) noun
1. One in whose interest a lawyer acts.
2. Hence, one who engages the services of any professional adviser.
3. Loosely, a customer or patron.
4. A dependent or follower, as of an ancient Roman patrician. [<L cliens, -entis, var. of cluens, ppr. of cluere hear, listen]
—cli′en·cy noun
—cli·en·tal (klī·en′təl, klī′ən·təl) adjective
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