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

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

Still that’s beside our purpose, which is this— To scan the statute, microscope in hand, And note if in its sweep humane, we see A roosting place for fighting chanticleer.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

In this melancholy situation he was found by the farmer, who instantly killed the snake, and set chanticleer at liberty.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)

The Lancashire Mooneys, on the contrary, produce cocks with as fine flowing plumage as need grace any chanticleer in the land, and tails with sickle-feathers twenty-two inches long, fine flowing saddle-feathers, and abundant hackle.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh