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Webster 1913 Edition

Clamor

Clam′or

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clamored
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clamoring
.]
1.
To salute loudly.
[R.]
The people with a shout
Rifted the air,
clamoring
their god with praise.
Milton
.
2.
To stun with noise.
[R.]
Bacon.
3.
To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
Clamored
their piteous prayer incessantly.
Longfellow.
To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang.
Bp. Warbur[GREEK]ion.
The obscure bird
Clamored
the livelong night.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Clamor

CLAMOR

, n.
1.
A great outcry; noise; exclamation; vociferation, made by a loud human voice continued or repeated, or by a multitude of voices. It often expresses complaint and urgent demand.
2.
Figuratively, loud and continued noise, as of a river or other inanimate things.

CLAMOR

,
Verb.
T.
To stun with noise.
To clamor bells, is to multiply the strokes.

CLAMOR

,
Verb.
I.
To utter loud sounds, or outcries; to talk loud; to utter loud voices repeatedly; to vociferate, as an individual; to utter loud voices, as a multitude; to complain; to make importunate demands.
Those who most loudly clamor for liberty do not most liberally grant it.
Glamor your tongues in Shakespeare, if intended to mean, stop from noise, is not English. Perhaps the word was clam, or intended for a derivative.

Definition 2024

clamor

clamor

English

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Noun

clamor ‎(plural clamors)

  1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
  2. Any loud and continued noise.
  3. A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

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Verb

clamor ‎(third-person singular simple present clamors, present participle clamoring, simple past and past participle clamored)

  1. (intransitive) To cry out and/or demand.
    Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more.
  2. (transitive) To demand by outcry.
    Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears
    • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
      The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
  3. (intransitive) To become noisy insistently.
    After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored
  4. (transitive) To influence by outcry.
    His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To silence.

Synonyms

  • (to cry out): din

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin clāmor ‎(“a shout, cry”), from clāmō ‎(“cry out, complain”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /kɫəˈmo/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /kɫaˈmoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

clamor m, f ‎(plural clamors)

  1. clamor

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Latin

Etymology

From clāmō ‎(“complain, cry out”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklaː.mor/, [ˈkɫaː.mɔr]

Noun

clāmor m ‎(genitive clāmōris); third declension

  1. A shout, shouting.
  2. An acclamation, applause.
  3. A clamor, cry.
  4. A noise, sound

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative clāmor clāmōrēs
genitive clāmōris clāmōrum
dative clāmōrī clāmōribus
accusative clāmōrem clāmōrēs
ablative clāmōre clāmōribus
vocative clāmor clāmōrēs

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References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.

Noun

clamor m ‎(oblique plural clamors, nominative singular clamors, nominative plural clamor)

  1. clamor (continued shouting and uproar)

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.

Noun

clamor m (plural clamores)

  1. din (loud noise)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāmor, clāmōrem.

Noun

clamor m ‎(plural clamores)

  1. A clamor, shout.
  2. A protest, outcry.
  3. A loud noise.

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Etymology

Recorded in English since c. 1385, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor ‎(“a shout, cry”), from clāmō ‎(“cry out, complain”); the sense to silence may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.

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