claqueur

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claqueur

/klɑːˈkɜː(ɹ)/
/klæˈkɜː(ɹ)/

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From French claqueur.

noun claqueurs

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!”

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"claqueur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/claqueur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"claqueur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/claqueur.

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@misc{claqueur_2026,
  title = {claqueur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/claqueur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}