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claque

claque [ klak ] (plural claques)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. paid audience: a group of people hired to applaud a performance

2. entourage: a group of people around a rich or famous person whom they praise and support uncritically ( disapproving )

[Mid-19th century. < French< claquer "to clap," an imitation of the sound]
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