chanticleer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chanticleer
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English Chauntecler, from Old French Chantecler noun use of verb phrase chante cler “sing clear.” See chant, clear
Example Sentences
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For in 1933 the automobile industry stalked out of Depression wearing all the airs of chanticleer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chanticleer in question, it turned out last week, is hip-high Billy Rose, Broadway's No. 1 spectaclemaker.
From Time Magazine Archive
Far across the fields, the note of the chanticleer rang out; the gulf closed, the porch of the house-boat stood empty, and the moon and the stars paled at what they had seen.
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
In a corner chanticleer stood, preening his feathers and restoring his ruffled dignity, while we compared opinions.
From The Social Gangster by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
A double challenge is this gage, A gauntlet flung for love or war; As strutting barnyard chanticleer Defies his neighboring lord: So calls this crested pheasant-king For combat or for peace.
From Trail Tales by James David Gillilan
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