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

Of a sudden he noticed his favorite chanticleer, followed by his numerous harem, sadly strutting about, only allowing his favorites to eat the morsels he discovered, and ruthlessly driving the others away.

From Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales by Adler, Cyrus

The robins in Mr. Bird’s apple orchard were awake, too, and chanticleer down the road 141 had proclaimed the opening of another new day with all his lusty might.

From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Drinkwater, Jennie M.

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