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claque

  [klak]
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–noun
1. a group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer.
2. a group of sycophants.
Origin:
1860–65; < F, deriv. of claquer to clap
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claque   (klāk)   
n.  

  1. A group of persons hired to applaud at a performance.

  2. A group of fawning admirers.


[French, from claquer, to clap, of imitative origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

claque 
1864, from Fr. claquer "to clap," echoic. Modern sense of "political followers" is transferred from that of organized applause at theater.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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