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chanticleer

[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; Middle English Chauntecler < Old French Chantecler noun use of verb phrase chante cler sing clear. See chant, clear

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chanticleer or chantecler (ˌtʃæntɪˈklɪə, ˌtʃæntɪˈklɛə)

—n
	a name for a cock, used esp in fables

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

chantecler or chantecler

—n

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

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Word Origin & History

chanticleer

c.1300, from O.Fr. chante-cler "sing-loud," name of rooster in medieval stories of Reynard the Fox.

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"I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up."

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