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Claqueur

//klɑːˈkɜː(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the claque employed to applaud during a theatre performance. historical

    "“Many a clever fellow fails through life, because the silly fellows, whom half a word well spoken could make his claqueurs, turn him into ridicule. Whatever you are, avoid the fault of most reading men: in a word, don’t be a prig!”"

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From French claqueur.

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