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/dɪsˈkɛə/ · noun
(dance, music, dated) A disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country..
Some discothèques allow their patrons to suggest tunes to the disquaire, but at many such an impertinence would be unthinkable—like asking Pablo Casals to play Melancholy Baby.
In fact, [Harry] Meyerson had Slim Hyatt, the "disquaire" (disk jockey) at Shepheards, assist him in programming the album.
In France, clubs found they didn't need live musicians to get people to dance – just a disquaire who "programmed" dance records and moods for the evening. Such a place had a name too, a discotheque.
He'd given the albums to the disquaire affiliated with Chez Castel, the popular Parisian discotheque.
Use disquaire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Disquaire means (dance, music, dated) A disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country..
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Some discothèques allow their patrons to suggest tunes to the disquaire, but at many such an impertinence would be unthinkable—like asking Pablo Casals to play Melancholy Baby.
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