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cockcrowers

cockcrowers is the plural of cockcrower.

Meaning of cockcrower

Noun

cockcrower (plural cockcrowers)

  1. (historical) A person employed by the monarch to announce the hour by crowing like a cock.
    • The cockcrower heralded or accompanied the laureate, crowing like a cock in the royal presence. The Hanoverian king thought it was mocking his dignity.1867, Cyrus Redding, Sir Thomas Wyse, page 182

Questions about cockcrowers

What is cockcrowers the plural of?
Cockcrowers is the plural of cockcrower.

Words near cockcrowers in the dictionary

  1. Cockcroft-Walton generator
  2. Cockcroft-Walton generators
  3. Cockcrofts
  4. cockcrow
  5. cockcrower
  6. cockcrowers
  7. cockcrowing
  8. cockcrowings
  9. cockcrows
  10. cocke
  11. Cocke County

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