Client
(Cli"ent) n. [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.]
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.
Clientage
(Cli"ent*age) n.
1. State of being client.
2. A body of clients. E. Everett.
Cliental
(Cli*en"tal) a. Of or pertaining to a client.
A dependent and cliental relation.
Burke.
I sat down in the cliental chair.
Dickens.
Cliented
(Cli"ent*ed) a. Supplied with clients. [R.]
The least cliented pettifiggers.
R. Carew.
Clientelage
(Cli*en"te*lage) n. See Clientele, n., 2.
Clientele
(Cli`en*tele") n. [L. clientela: cf. F. clientèle.]
1. The condition or position of a client; clientship. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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
(Cli"ent*ship) n. Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. Dryden.
Cliff
(Cliff) n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh.
orig. a climbing place. See Climb.] A high, steep rock; a precipice.
Cliff swallow (Zoöl.), a North American swallow which builds its nest against cliffs; the eaves swallow.
Cliff
(Cliff), n. (Mus.) See Clef. [Obs.]
Cliff limestone
(Cliff" lime"stone`) (Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west,
presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known
to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.
Cliffy
(Cliff"y) a. Having cliffs; broken; craggy.
