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cockerel

[ kok-er-uhl, kok-ruhl ]

noun

  1. a young domestic cock.


cockerel

/ ˈkɒkərəl; ˈkɒkrəl /

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cockerel1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cockerel1

C15: diminutive of cock 1

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Example Sentences

That matter of the black cockerel—trifling as it might seem—would have to be cleared up.

So Sir Dagonet always went armed; though he bore upon his shield the device of a cockerel's head as a symbol of his calling.

After that poultry fanciers call the young male a cockerel and the young female a pullet.

The word "pullet" is also used by others, but the popular names for a cockerel are crower and young rooster.

After the sex can be distinguished, the terms cockerel and pullet are applied to turkeys in the same way as to fowls.

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