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clamour - 2 dictionary results

clam⋅or

1[klam-er]
–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)


clam⋅or⋅er, clam⋅or⋅ist, noun


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


See -our.
clam·our   (klām'ər)   
n.   & v. Chiefly British
Variant of clamor.
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