client Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
  2. noun someone who pays for goods or services
    customer.
  3. noun (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
    node; guest.

WordNet

Cli"ent noun
Etymology
L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere to be named or called; akin to Gr. to hear, Skr. çry, and E. loud: cf. F. client. See Loud.
Definitions
  1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
    I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you. B. Jonson.
  3. (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Webster 1913