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Definition of Chanticleer
1. n. A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing.
Definition of Chanticleer
1. Noun. (rare) A rooster or cock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chanticleer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chanticleer
Literary usage of Chanticleer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"X.—Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29,
30, performed in H M. Sloop, Chanticleer, under the command of the late Capt ..."
2. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... Chaucer Chanticleer and the Fox WHEN that the month in which the world began,
... Befell that Chanticleer in all his pride, His seven wives walking him ..."
3. Tales from the Fjeld: A Second Series of Popular Tales, from the Norse of P by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1874)
"This is the story of— THE DEATH OF Chanticleer. on a time there were a Cock and
a Hen, ... All at once, Chanticleer found a burr of hop, and Partlet found a ..."
4. The German Novelists: Tales Selected from Ancient and Modern Authors in that by Thomas Roscoe (1826)
"Chanticleer marching foremost, hung his wings and smote his feathers piteously,
... On reaching the presence of the king, Chanticleer, kneeling down, ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Sloop Chanticleer, under the command of the late Captain Henry Foster, FRS, &c.
By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. ..."
6. The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox by Joseph Jacobs, William Frank Calderon (1895)
"CHAPTER III How Chanticleer the Cock complained of Reynard the Fox. Chanticleer
marched foremost, smote piteously his hands and feathers, whilst on the ..."
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