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Definition of Claque
1. Noun. A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance.
Definition of Claque
1. n. A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.
Definition of Claque
1. Noun. A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo. ¹
2. Noun. A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus. ¹
3. Noun. A group of fawning admirers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Claque
1. a group of hired applauders [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claque
Literary usage of Claque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1890)
"THE claque. T HOSE among the many thousands who visited Paris last year and were
able ... But, though purely French in its modern organisation, the claque, ..."
2. Tricolored Sketches in Paris: During the Years 1851-2-3 by Frank Boott Goodrich (1855)
"A CHAPTER ON THE claque, AND THE SELECT COMPANY UNDER THE CHANDELIER. January 13th,
1853. I HAVE thit week a piece of news of real importance to communicate ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1873)
"It is curious to fee a chef de claque recruiting his troupe. ... As a rule, the
first thing the chef de claque looks at is the dress of the candidates. ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"German singers, on the other hand, depend upon their own efforts—for which they
are greatly loathed by the claque. A well-known American musical (? ..."
5. Old and New Paris: Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Henry Sutherland Edwards, John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"The question haß often been raised as to whether not only the claque but even
spontaneous applause should not be suppressed. The spectator, abandoned to the ..."
6. Purple Tints of Paris: Character and Manners in the New Empire by Bayle St. John (1854)
"... claque—The Queue—Moralising Influence of the Theatre—Stolen Jokes—The Moral
Bourgeois—Contrast between his Taste and that of the Working Classes. ..."
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