chanticleer

American  

[chan-tuh-kleer] / ˈtʃæn təˌklɪər /

Also chantecler

noun

Now Literary.

1. a rooster: used as a proper name in medieval fables.

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chanticleer British  

/ ˌtʃæntɪˈklɪə, ˌtʃæntɪˈklɛə /

noun

1. a name for a cock, used esp in fables

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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

The chanticleer in question, it turned out last week, is hip-high Billy Rose, Broadway's No. 1 spectaclemaker.

From Time Magazine Archive

For in 1933 the automobile industry stalked out of Depression wearing all the airs of chanticleer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here and there a goat gravely stalking along, happily unconscious of its impending doom; and chanticleer surrounded by a small harem trying to make the best of things.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

An assertive chanticleer was proclaiming the dawn within the hen-house, whence came too an impatient clamor, for the door, which served to exclude any marauding fox, was still closed upon the imprisoned poultry.

From The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles

We could see dear old Mary Flannagan's red head as we put foot on the pier and as soon as she saw us she began to crow like chanticleer.

From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell