chanticleer (plural chanticleers)
(now rare, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
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
10 May 2024
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