chanticleer

[ chan-tuh-kleer ]

/ ˈtʃæn təˌklɪər /

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noun Now Literary.

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

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Also chan·te·cler

[chan-tuh-klair]. /ˈtʃæn təˌklɛər/.

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

Words nearby chanticleer

chanter, chanterelle, chanteur, chanteuse, chantey, chanticleer, Chantilly, Chantilly lace, chantress, chantry, chanty

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How to use chanticleer in a sentence

This gave our cabin quite a chanticleer sort of comb along its top, and added to the picturesqueness of its appearance.
The Desert Home|Mayne Reid
The gallant chanticleer has at command his amorous phrases and his terms of defiance.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2|Gilbert White
The exciting cause of the professor's outburst was an attempt to get from his class some information about Chanticleer.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
You might not get the answer you were looking for, but you could not get a foolish answer, if you asked him of Chanticleer.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various

As they listened the challenge of the chanticleer came once more.
Boy Scouts in the Northwest|G. Harvey Ralphson

British Dictionary definitions for chanticleer

chanticleer

chantecler (ˌtʃæntɪˈklɛə)

/ (ˌtʃæntɪˈklɪə) /

noun

a name for a cock, used esp in fables

Word Origin for chanticleer

C13: from Old French Chantecler, from chanter cler to sing clearly

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chanticleer

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British Dictionary definitions for chanticleer

chantecler (ˌtʃæntɪˈklɛə)

Word Origin for chanticleer