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claqueurs

claqueurs is the plural 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

Questions about claqueurs

What is claqueurs the plural of?
Claqueurs is the plural of claqueur.

Words near claqueurs in the dictionary

  1. claque
  2. claquer
  3. claquers
  4. claques
  5. claqueur
  6. claqueurs
  7. Clar
  8. Clar's hydrocarbon
  9. Clara
  10. Clara cell
  11. Clara cells

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