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claqueur

American  
[kla-kur] / klæˈkɜr /
Also claquer

noun

  1. a member of a claque.


Etymology

Origin of claqueur

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

Example Sentences

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Brossard having introduced me to the sous-chef of the Claque at the Opéra Comique, I often obtained admission to that house as a claqueur.

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

In any case, the trunkmaker was a sort of foreshadowing of the claqueur.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton

He detested three things: a Jesuit, a gendarme, and a claqueur at a theatre.

From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

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

From His Excellency the Minister by Roberts, Henri