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Antonyms for clients

Grammar : Noun
Spell : klahy-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklaɪ ənt

Definition of clients

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French clyent (c.1300), from Latin clientem (nominative cliens) "follower, retainer," perhaps a variant of present participle of cluere "listen, follow, obey" (see listen); or, more likely, from clinare "to incline, bend," from suffixed form of PIE root *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)).
  • The ground sense apparently is of one who leans on another for protection. In ancient Rome, a plebian under protection of a patrician (called patronus in this relationship; see patron); in English originally "a lawyer's customer," by c.1600 extended to any customer.
  • noun customer
Example sentences :
  • It was convenient, though not as comfortable as he could wish for his clients.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He wondered where the clients of the hotel had hidden themselves.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • As to their clients, that is another thing; God knows they have much to digest!
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • They are well fed and dressed in a way to attract the clients as much as possible.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Formerly, the lawyers waited for their clients in this ancient church.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • The law itself they learned through practice, at the expense of their clients.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • There was Bancroft, whose name was always in the papers and to whom clients flocked.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • During six months I had two clients and made exactly three pounds.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • He at once replied, "To be able to tell your clients what to do."
  • Extract from : « The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 » by Various
  • But there are limitations upon the duty of counsel to their clients.
  • Extract from : « Ethics in Service » by William Howard Taft

Synonyms for clients

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