chanticleer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃæntəˌklɪɹ/ (US)
- chänʹtĭklĭr' (UK)
- /ˈtʃɑːntɪˌklɪə/ (UK)
- /t͡ʃæntəˌklɪɹ/ (US)
- shănʹtəklĭr' (US)
- chănʹtəklĭr' (US)
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.
Meanings
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(archaic, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
It is happily some particular sense that unto cockes or chanticleares discovereth the morning and midnight houre, and moveth them to crow[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:When I did hear / The motley fool, thus moral on the time, / My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, / That fools should be so deep-contemplative[…].
c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 2, scene 7:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chanticleers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
wikipedia: Chanticleer and the Fox · wikipedia: Reynard the Fox