CHANTICLEER

Etymology

Noun

chanticleer (plural chanticleers)

(now rare, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.

Verb

chanticleer (third-person singular simple present chanticleers, present participle chanticleering, simple past and past participle chanticleered)

To make the crowing sound of a cock.

To crow in exultation.

Source: Wiktionary


Chan"ti*cleer, n. Etym: [F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear.]

Definition: A cock, so called from the clearness or loundness of his voice in crowing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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