0 in the past, someone who was paid to clap and show their approval of a performer or performers, for example in the theatre:
The auditorium was already half-filled by paid claqueurs.
The claqueur applauds fast, hard, and for a great length of time.
I felt that a group of claqueurs were behind the reviews of the book.
Commercial managements pack first-night houses with backers, friends and claqueurs.
