claqueur
/klɑːˈkɜː(ɹ)/
claqueur noun: a member of the claque employed to applaud during a theatre performance.
Noun
claqueur (plural claqueurs)
- 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
- One hundred and fifty “iron-handed” Vienna theatre claqueurs today formed a trade union, probably the first of its kind in the world. […] The most popular singers have been obliged to give free tickets and even to donate cash, lest the claque retaliate by frantic applause at the wrong moment.1930 February 23, “Theatre Claqueurs in Vienna Form Union”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Forms of claqueur
| plural | claqueurs |
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Origin of claqueur
From French claqueur.
Questions about claqueur
- What does claqueur mean?
- Claqueur means a member of the claque employed to applaud during a theatre performance.
- What part of speech is claqueur?
- Claqueur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce claqueur?
- Claqueur is pronounced /klɑːˈkɜː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of claqueur?
- The plural of claqueur is claqueurs.
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