Definitions for chanticleer
ˈtʃæn tɪˌklɪərchan·ti·cleer

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. chanticleernoun

   A rooster or cock.

2. Etymology: From chantecler, the proper name of the cock in.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chanticleernoun

   The name given to the cock, from the clearness and loudness of his crow.

   Etymology: from chanter and clair, Fr.

   And chearful chanticleer, with his note shrill,
   Had warned once, that Phœbus’ firy car
   In haste was climbing up the eastern hill. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   Hark, hark, I hear
   The strain of strutting chanticleer. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   Stay, the chearful chanticleer
   Tells you that the time is near. Ben Jonson, Mask.

   These verses were mentioned by Geoffrey Chaucer, in the description of the sudden stir, and panical fear, when Chanticleer the cock was carried away by Reynold the fox. William Camden, Remains.

   Within this homestead liv’d without a peer,
   For crowing loud, the noble chanticleer. John Dryden, Fab.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chanticleernoun

   a cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing

2. Etymology: [F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear.]

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1. Chanticleer

   Based in San Francisco, California, Chanticleer is a full-time male classical vocal ensemble in the United States. Over the last three decades, it has developed a major reputation for its interpretations of Renaissance music, but it also performs a wide repertoire of jazz, gospel, and other venturesome new music and is widely known as an "Orchestra of Voices". It was named for the "clear singing rooster" in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.

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1. Chanticleer

   chant′i-klēr, n. a cock. [From the name of the cock in the old beast-epic of Reynard the Fox.] [O. Fr. chanter, to sing, cler, clear.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chanticleer

   A name in the Frith of Forth for the dragonet or gowdie (Callionymus lyra). The early or vigilant cock, from which several English vessels of war have derived their names.

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1. chanticleer

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How to pronounce chanticleer?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chanticleer in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chanticleer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of chanticleer in a Sentence

1. Henry David Thoreau, Walden; Where I Lived, And What I Lived For:

   I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake his neighbours up.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chanticleer
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=chanticleer
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chanticleer
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chanticleer
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=chanticleer
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=chanticleer