client state

English

Etymology

Originally referred to the realm of a client king of Rome.

Noun

client state (plural client states)

  1. 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 Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 October 2026:
      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.

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