# der Jubelperser

der Jubelperser is a German noun meaning “one of a group of Iranian nationals (some of them SAVAK agents) who shouted pro-Shah slogans during the demonstrations against Mohammad Reza Shah's visit to West Berlin on 2 June 1967 and who subsequently beat up protesters in cooperation with local police”. Forms: des Jubelpersers, die Jubelperser.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Jubelpersers
- Plural: die Jubelperser

## Meanings

1. _historical_ one of a group of Iranian nationals (some of them SAVAK agents) who shouted pro-Shah slogans during the demonstrations against Mohammad Reza Shah's visit to West Berlin on 2 June 1967 and who subsequently beat up protesters in cooperation with local police
2. _archaic · derogatory · colloquial_ claqueur (person paid to clap at performances)
   - Am SONNTAG fahre ich zurück nach Berlin und verpasse leider Bundesliga Pur auf DSF. Eine Sendung ohne Moderator, ohne Studio und somit auch ohne Publikum mit den üblichen Jubelpersern. — On SUNDAY, I go back to Berlin and, unfortunately, miss Bundesliga Pur on DSF. A program without a presenter, without a studio and therefore without an audience with the usual claqueurs.

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