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clam⋅or

1  [klam-er]
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–noun
1. a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
2. a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction: the clamor of the proponents of the law.
3. popular outcry: The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation.
4. any loud and continued noise: the clamor of traffic; the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make a clamor; raise an outcry.
–verb (used with object)
6. to drive, force, influence, etc., by clamoring: The newspapers clamored him out of office.
7. to utter noisily: They clamored their demands at the meeting.
Also, especially British, clamour.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME clamor (< AF) < L, equiv. to clām- (see claim ) + -or -or 1 ; ME clamour < MF < L clāmōr- (s. of clāmor)

Related forms:
clam⋅or⋅er, clam⋅or⋅ist, noun

Synonyms:
1. shouting. 2. vociferation. 4. See noise.

Usage note:
See -our.
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clam⋅or

2  [klam-er]
–verb (used with object) Obsolete.
to silence.
Origin:
1605–15; perh. sp. var. of clammer, obs. var. of clamber in sense “to clutch,” hence “reduce to silence”
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clam·or   (klām'ər)   
n.  

  1. A loud outcry; a hubbub.

  2. A vehement expression of discontent or protest: a clamor in the press for pollution control.

  3. A loud sustained noise. See Synonyms at noise.

v.   clam·ored, clam·or·ing, clam·ors

v.   intr.

  1. To make a loud sustained noise or outcry.

  2. To make insistent demands or complaints: clamored for tax reforms.

v.   tr.

  1. To exclaim insistently and noisily: The representatives clamored their disapproval.

  2. To influence or force by clamoring: clamored the mayor into resigning.


[Middle English clamour, from Old French, from Latin clāmor, shout, from clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
clam'or·er n.
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Word Origin & History

clamor 
c.1385, from O.Fr. clamour, from L. clamor "a shout," from clamare "to cry out" (see claim).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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