[a. F. claqueur, f. claquer to clack, clap hands.] A hired applauder.
1837. Athenæum, 28 Jan., 65/1. Whom a whole host of claqueurs and expectants were ever applauding.
1847. Man in Moon, Jan. I. 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 doorkeepers’ friends, or the claquers of candidates.
