claquerclaqueurn.
/ˈklakə/ A hired applauder.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > applauder > hired
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claquer1837
chirruper1888
1837 Athenæum 28 Jan. 65/1 Whom a whole host of claqueurs and expectants were ever applauding.
1847 Man in Moon Jan. 7 Against private friends and clacquers, we have fought the cause of right.
1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 6 June Shutting out delegates in order to admit door-keepers' friends, or the claquers of candidates.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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