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noun
A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
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verb
To make the crowing sound of a cock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To crow in exultation.
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History
] 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.
