1) Cheering section
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1) Entertainment occupation 2) Followers 3) Following 4) French word used in English 5) Noisy opera coterie
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A claque is an organized body of professional applauders in French theatres and opera houses. Members of a claque are called claqueurs. ==History== Hiring people to applaud dramatic performances was common in classical times. For example, when the Emperor Nero acted, he had his performance greeted by an encomium chanted by five thousand of his sol...
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group of hired applauders or sycophants
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• (n.) A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.
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(French claquer: `to clap`), organized body of persons who, either for hire or from other motives, band together to applaud or deride a performance ...
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Body of people formerly hired to applaud in theatres and thus ensure the success of a play. According to the Roman historian Suetonius, the emperor Nero had 5,000 paid applauders who attended his...
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Claque noun [ French] A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.
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A claque was a body of men and women (known as claqueurs) hired to applaud, laugh and weep as appropriate in theatres with the intention of making the show a success. It originated in France around 1760 and ceased around 1878.
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n] - a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
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Thankfully now a thing of the past. A claque was a group of audience members who would cheer or boo for money, sometimes blackmailing singers into paying.
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noun a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
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a group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer. · a group of sycophants.
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A group of people hired to sit in the audience and either applaud enthusiastically to ensure success or whistle or boo to create a disaster. In past years, leading singers were sometimes blackmailed to pay a claque to insure they would not create a disturbance. Even now, one is sometimes used but rarely acknowledged.
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a group of people hired to applaud
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