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Chanticleer (noun) means a farmyard rooster, especially as a character in old stories.

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A farmyard rooster, especially as a character in old stories.
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Etymology

] From Middle English Chauntecleer, from Old French Chantecler (modern French Chanteclair), the proper name of the cock in the literary cycle of Reynard the Fox, that also gave origin to chantecler, the name of a chicken breed; from chanter (“to sing, to crow”) + cler (“clear, clearly”). Attested in English since 1250–1300.

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"chanticleer" (noun) means a farmyard rooster, especially as a character in old stories.
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