Claqueur
//klɑːˈkɜː(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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!”"
Example
More examples"“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!”"
Etymology
From French claqueur.
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