noun
chanticleer
Chanticleer (noun) means a domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
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A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
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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 domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.