Definition of "clamor"

clamor

/ˈklæm.ə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural clamors
1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
  Quotations
  For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]
  1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], book I, page 17
2. Any loud and continued noise.
3. A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
verb
third-person singular simple present clamors, present participle clamoring, simple past and past participle clamored
1. (intransitive) To cry out and/or demand.
2. (transitive) To demand by outcry.
  Quotations
  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.
  2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 September 2013
3. (intransitive) To become noisy insistently.
4. (transitive) To influence by outcry.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To silence.