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claquer

claquer is the alternative form of claqueur.

Meaning of claqueur

Noun

claqueur (plural claqueurs)

  1. (historical) A member of the claque employed to applaud during a theatre performance.
    • “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!”1853, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter XXI, in My Novel

Forms of claquer

pluralclaquers

Questions about claquer

What is claquer the alternative form of?
Claquer is the alternative form of claqueur.

Words near claquer in the dictionary

  1. claptraps
  2. clapweed
  3. clapwort
  4. Clapworthy
  5. claque
  6. claquer
  7. claquers
  8. claques
  9. claqueur
  10. claqueurs
  11. Clar

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