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claqueur

[ kla-kur ]

noun

  1. a member of a claque.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of claqueur1

1830–40; < French, equivalent to claque claque + -eur -eur

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Example Sentences

Afterwards claqueur in a theatre under Braulard, and designated at that time by the name of Idamore.

Lucien fancied that he must be dreaming when he heard a claqueur appraising a writer's value.

The chatouilleur, or tickler, a variety of the genus claqueur, is in vogue chiefly at the smaller theatres.

Navarrot, the ministerial claqueur, was already applauding Granet most enthusiastically.

I am going to see the new piece Pomps and Vanities is bringing out, and I want you as a sort of claqueur.

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