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chanticleer
[ chan-tuh-kleer ]
noun
, Now Literary.
- a rooster: used as a proper name in medieval fables.
chanticleer
/ ˌtʃæntɪˈklɪə; ˌtʃæntɪˈklɛə /
noun
- a name for a cock, used esp in fables
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chanticleer1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chanticleer1
C13: from Old French Chantecler, from chanter cler to sing clearly
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Example Sentences
This gave our cabin quite a chanticleer sort of comb along its top, and added to the picturesqueness of its appearance.
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The gallant chanticleer has at command his amorous phrases and his terms of defiance.
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The exciting cause of the professor's outburst was an attempt to get from his class some information about Chanticleer.
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You might not get the answer you were looking for, but you could not get a foolish answer, if you asked him of Chanticleer.
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As they listened the challenge of the chanticleer came once more.
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