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client state
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English
Etymology
Originally referred to the realm of a client king of Rome.
Noun
client state (plural client states)
- A state that is economically, politically or militarily dependent on another, more powerful state.
- Synonym: client
- 2025 October 22, Lorenzo Tondo, William Christou, “‘Hogwash’ that Israel is a US client state, says Netanyahu”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- 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.
Hyponyms
- associated state
- neo-colony
- protectorate
- puppet state
- vassal state
- satellite state
- tributary state
- banana republic
Translations
state that is subordinate
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