chanticleer

[ chan-tuh-kleer ]

/ ˈtʃæn təˌklɪər /

a rooster: used as a proper name in medieval fables.

Also chan·te·cler

[chan-tuh-klair] /ˈtʃæn təˌklɛər/.

Origin of chanticleer

1250–1300; Middle English Chauntecler < Old French Chantecler noun use of verb phrase chante cler sing clear. See chant, clear

Early in the morning the voice of the chanticleer is heard greeting the dawn.

Jean Francois Millet |Estelle M. Hurll
"I will certainly leave your party if you wish me to, Mrs. Chanticleer," I said.

Upsidonia |Archibald Marshall
"You had much better go with us, Chanticleer," said the ass.

Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm |Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
He observed in the words of his favourite poet, that, my lungs did crow like chanticleer, and I did laugh sans intermission.

Tales of the Wonder Club |M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)

This gave our cabin quite a chanticleer sort of comb along its top, and added to the picturesqueness of its appearance.

The Desert Home |Mayne Reid

chanticleer

/ (ˌtʃæntɪˈklɪə) /

a name for a cock, used esp in fables

C13: from Old French Chantecler, from chanter cler to sing clearly