chanticleer
noun
chan·ti·cleer
ˌchan-tə-ˈklir 
ˌshan-
chiefly literary
: rooster
… now that that antisocial chanticleer has bitten the dust, the henhouse is as gentle and peaceful as a nunnery …—
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—typically used like a proper nameScience 83… to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.—Henry David Thoreau
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 1 Dec. 2024.
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chanticleer
noun
chan·ti·cleer
ˌchant-ə-ˈkli(ə)r
ˌshant-
: rooster
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