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chanticleers

chanticleers is the plural of chanticleer.

Meaning of chanticleer

Noun

chanticleer (plural chanticleers)

  1. (archaic, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
    • When I did hear / The motley fool, thus moral on the time, / My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, / That fools should be so deep-contemplative[…].c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 2, scene 7

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Questions about chanticleers

What is chanticleers the plural of?
Chanticleers is the plural of chanticleer.

Words near chanticleers in the dictionary

  1. Chanthavongs
  2. Chanti
  3. chanticleer
  4. chanticleered
  5. chanticleering
  6. chanticleers
  7. chantie
  8. chanties
  9. Chantignan
  10. Chantillies
  11. Chantilly

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