client

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cliēns, akin to clinare (“to lean”).

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