chan·ti·cleer
| \ ˌchan-tə-ˈklir
, ˌshan- \
, ˌshan- \
Definition of chanticleer
chiefly literary
: rooster
… now that that antisocial chanticleer has bitten the dust, the henhouse is as gentle and peaceful as a nunnery … — Science 83
— typically used like a proper name … to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.— Henry David ThoreauAs to poor Crusoe in the self-same sea, no saint's bell pealed forth the lapse of week or month; each day went by unchallenged; no chanticleer announced those sultry dawns, no lowing herds those poisonous nights.— Herman Melville
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“Chanticleer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chanticleer. Accessed 21 Jun. 2021.
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