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clamour

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clam⋅or

1  [klam-er]
Use clamour in a Sentence
–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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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clam·our   (klām'ər)   
n.   & v. Chiefly British
Variant of clamor.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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