client state
nounEtymology Originally referred to the realm of a client king of Rome.
1
A state that is economically, politically or militarily dependent on another, more powerful state.
- 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.2025 October 22, Lorenzo Tondo, William Christou, “‘Hogwash’ that Israel is a US client state, says Netanyahu”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Hyponyms
- associated state, neo-colony, protectorate, puppet state, vassal state, satellite state, tributary state, banana republic