disquaire

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English

Etymology

Borrowed, with a change in meaning, from French disquaire (“record dealer; record shop”).

Pronunciation

Noun

disquaire (plural disquaires)

  1. (dance, music, dated) A disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country.
    • 1963 July 5, “The Compleat Virtuosi”, in Time‎, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 December 2008:
      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.
    • 1964 May 30, Mike Gross, “Deccareques Put Out for Discothequeniks”, in Billboard: The International Music-record Newsweekly, Cincinnati, Oh.: The Billboard Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 1, column 3:
      In fact, [Harry] Meyerson had Slim Hyatt, the "disquaire" (disk jockey) at Shepheards, assist him in programming the album.
    • 2010, Robert Milliken, “Lillian Roxon: Selected Writings”, in Mother of Rock: The Lillian Roxon Story, 2nd edition, U.S.A.: ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, pages 408–409:
      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.
    • 2012, William J. Mann, “Spring 1964”, in Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, section 7, page 487:
      He'd given the albums to the disquaire affiliated with Chez Castel, the popular Parisian discotheque.

Alternative forms

Translations

French

Etymology

From disque +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

Noun

disquaire m (plural disquaires)

  1. record dealer (one who sells music records)
    • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 52; republished as Frank Wynne, transl., 2018:
      Il avait une fonction, c’était le disquaire. Moins prestigieux que le guitariste, mais quand même mieux situé dans la hiérarchie que le péquin de base.
      He had a single quality, he was a record dealer. Not as cool as being a guitarist, but still higher up the pecking order than the average arsehole.

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