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chan⋅ti⋅cleer

  [chan-tuh-kleer]
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–noun Now Literary.
a rooster: used as a proper name in medieval fables.
Also, chan⋅te⋅cler  [chan-tuh-klair] .

Origin:
1250–1300; ME Chauntecler < OF Chantecler n. use of v. phrase chante cler sing clear. See chant, clear
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chan·ti·cleer   (chān'tĭ-klîr', shān'-)   
n.  A rooster.

[Middle English chauntecler, from Old French chantecler, the name of the rooster in the tale of Reynard the Fox : chanter, to sing; see chant + cler, clear; see clear.]
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Chanticleer

Chan"ti*cleer\ (ch[a^]n"t[i^]*kl[=e]r), n. [F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear.] A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing.
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chanticleer 
c.1300, from O.Fr. chante-cler "sing-loud," name of rooster in medieval stories of Reynard the Fox.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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