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Definition of Gamecock
1. Noun. A cock bred and trained for fighting.
2. Noun. Someone who is a very fierce fighter.
Generic synonyms: Battler, Belligerent, Combatant, Fighter, Scrapper
Definition of Gamecock
1. n. The male game fowl.
Definition of Gamecock
1. Noun. A fighting cock: a rooster used in cockfighting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gamecock
1. a rooster trained for fighting [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gamecock
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamecock
Literary usage of Gamecock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"THE "ALABAMA" AND THE "gamecock" SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1875 92 US
695 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... mentioning with especial commendation a gamecock named Tarlton after the famous
comedian, because before combat, it was accustomed to drum loudly with ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea: With an Appendix, Containing by Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1880)
"337 ; The notwithstanding the fact that some Alabama and The gamecock, 2 Otto.
of her owners were owners of the ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of the United by United States District Court (New York), Robert Dewey Benedict, United States District Court (Vermont) (1869)
"THE STEAMER ALABAMA AND THE STEAM- TUG gamecock. COLLISION.—Tow AND
TUG.—LOOKOUT.—LIGHTS.—PILOT.— PLEADING. The bark Ninfa de los Mares was coming up the ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Back-woodsman (The) ; or, The gamecock of the Wilderness, was produced at the
Park Theatre, New York, on March 12,1846, with Marble as Sampson Hardhead. ..."
6. Great Victorians: Memories and Personalities by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1916)
"... not condemnation—The gamecock of the aristocratic Tories—The house party at
Mount Edgcumbe and what came of it— The conqueror of Waterloo and Henry of ..."
7. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1829)
"Cervantes, out of Flora, 3 yrs old, Sir R. Brooke'i bg gamecock, aged, lust.
131b 2 The following also started but were not placed : Lord ..."
8. The English Turf: A Record of Horses and Courses by Charles Richardson (1901)
"Good steeplechasers, like good hunters, often last for eight or ten seasons, and,
to give instances, gamecock was winning races when he was sixteen years ..."
9. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"THE "ALABAMA" AND THE "gamecock" SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1875 92 US
695 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern ..."
10. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... mentioning with especial commendation a gamecock named Tarlton after the famous
comedian, because before combat, it was accustomed to drum loudly with ..."
11. A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea: With an Appendix, Containing by Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1880)
"337 ; The notwithstanding the fact that some Alabama and The gamecock, 2 Otto.
of her owners were owners of the ..."
12. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of the United by United States District Court (New York), Robert Dewey Benedict, United States District Court (Vermont) (1869)
"THE STEAMER ALABAMA AND THE STEAM- TUG gamecock. COLLISION.—Tow AND
TUG.—LOOKOUT.—LIGHTS.—PILOT.— PLEADING. The bark Ninfa de los Mares was coming up the ..."
13. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Back-woodsman (The) ; or, The gamecock of the Wilderness, was produced at the
Park Theatre, New York, on March 12,1846, with Marble as Sampson Hardhead. ..."
14. Great Victorians: Memories and Personalities by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1916)
"... not condemnation—The gamecock of the aristocratic Tories—The house party at
Mount Edgcumbe and what came of it— The conqueror of Waterloo and Henry of ..."
15. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1829)
"Cervantes, out of Flora, 3 yrs old, Sir R. Brooke'i bg gamecock, aged, lust.
131b 2 The following also started but were not placed : Lord ..."
16. The English Turf: A Record of Horses and Courses by Charles Richardson (1901)
"Good steeplechasers, like good hunters, often last for eight or ten seasons, and,
to give instances, gamecock was winning races when he was sixteen years ..."
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