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cockerel

American  
[kok-er-uhl, kok-ruhl] / ˈkɒk ər əl, ˈkɒk rəl /

noun

  1. a young domestic cock.

cockerel British  
/ ˈkɒkərəl, ˈkɒkrəl /

noun

  1. a young domestic cock, usually less than a year old

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Etymology

Origin of cockerel

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English cokerelle, kokerelle; cock 1, -rel

Example Sentences

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Yet as much as he loved playing football, he was as content catching grasshoppers or training cockerels for fighting.

From BBC

In Cambridge itself, a bronze cockerel looted in a British raid was removed from display at Jesus College, in 2016, and returned to Nigeria last month.

From BBC

A statue of a cockerel is one priceless artefact soon to be welcomed home, after Jesus College handed it over to a delegation from Nigeria at a ceremony at Cambridge University on Wednesday.

From BBC

The college's Legacy of Slavery Working Party concluded in 2019 that the cockerel "belongs with the current Oba at the Court of Benin".

From BBC

The sculpture of a cockerel was one of hundreds of Benin Bronzes that were pillaged from the once mighty Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now Nigeria.

From Reuters

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