Chanticleer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtʃɑːntɪˌklɪə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chanticleer is a noun meaning (now rare, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
Meaning
(now rare, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
More Meanings
- To make the crowing sound of a cock.
- To crow in exultation.
Example Sentences
It is happily some particular sense that unto cockes or chanticleares discovereth the morning and midnight houre, and moveth them to crow[…].
When I did hear / The motley fool, thus moral on the time, / My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, / That fools should be so deep-contemplative[…].
Word Forms
- chanticleers
- chanticleering
- chanticleered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rooster, roostcock, clocker, clucker, chuck, nestlecock.
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