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client state

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A state that is economically, politically or militarily dependent on another, more powerful state.

Equivalents

Españolestado cliente
FrançaisÉtat client
DeutschKlientelstaat
4 more languages

Examples

“On the second day of a US diplomatic push⟳ aimed at shoring up the fragile Gaza ceasefire, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, dismissed as “hogwash” suggestions that his country was a client state of Washington.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

client-side storage clientage Cliental clientdom clientelage Clientele

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