Claque (noun)
clak
A group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer. A group of sycophants.
First recorded in 1860–65; from French, derivative of claquer “to clap”
Example sentences
“The minister was applauded, as always, by a claque of appointees.”
Cardinal (noun) kah-din-al RC Church any of the members of the Sacred College, ranking next after the pope, who elect the pope and act as his chief counsellors A deep…
