Clamorer

clam·or  (klmr)

n.

1. A loud outcry; a hubbub.

2. A vehement expression of discontent or protest: a clamor in the press for pollution control.

3. A loud sustained noise. See Synonyms at noise.

v. clam·ored, clam·or·ing, clam·ors

v.intr.

1. To make a loud sustained noise or outcry.

2. To make insistent demands or complaints: clamored for tax reforms.

v.tr.

1. To exclaim insistently and noisily: The representatives clamored their disapproval.

2. To influence or force by clamoring: clamored the mayor into resigning.

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[Middle English clamour, from Old French, from Latin clmor, shout, from clmre, to cry out; see kel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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clamor·er n.