[f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who applauds, approves, or loudly commends.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. 1653, Pref. 12. Their words seeming as Oracles to their own applauders.
1775. De Lolme, Eng. Const., II. xvii. (1784), 284. Surrounded by thousands of applauders and partisans.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., II. V. v. 309. Paragraph-writers, Placard-Journalists; 280 applauders at 3 shillings a day.
