ˈplauditor rare—1.
[irreg. f. plaudit + -or, or f. L. plaudĕre to applaud (plaudit- being erron. taken as ppl. stem) + -or; cf. auditor.]
One who applauds. So ˈplauditory a., applauding, applausive, laudatory.
| 1813 Colerdige Lett. II. 604 No dramatic author ever had so large a number of unsolicited, unknown, yet predetermined plauditors in the theatre, as I had. a 1845 Hood Lit. & Literal xiv, Her sister auditory All sitting round, with grave and learned faces, Were very plauditory. 1847 Sir H. Taylor Poems, Heroism in Shade i, A thousand journals teem with good report And plauditory paragraph. |