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clientship

clientship noun: the position of a client.

Noun

clientship (countable and uncountable, plural clientships)

  1. The position of a client.
    • patronage and clientship always descended from the fathers to the sons1697, Virgil, “Dedication”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
    • […] the capital of the Mandubians, a peoplet in clientship to the Æduans.1884, François Guizot, The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848, page 61

Forms of clientship

pluralclientships

Origin of clientship

From client + -ship.

Questions about clientship

What does clientship mean?
Clientship means the position of a client.
What part of speech is clientship?
Clientship is a noun.
What is the plural of clientship?
The plural of clientship is clientships.

Words near clientship in the dictionary

  1. clientlike
  2. cliently
  3. clientness
  4. clientry
  5. clients
  6. clientship
  7. clientships
  8. clientside
  9. clientworthy
  10. clientèle
  11. clies

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