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noun
The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the first light of day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hour, time of day
History
From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a suppletive variation of Old English hancrǣd (“cockcrow, dawn”, literally “cock-crowing”), from hana (“cock, rooster”) + crǣd (“crowing”).
Across languages
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