Chanticleer
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- proper noun
- Literature
- When Chanticleer saw this, it broke his heart.
Examples
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Look, Mom, Chanticleer raised the sun!
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We all had our jobs on the farm, and Chanticleer's was to wake up the sun.
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The good news here was that Chanticleer had won the fight.
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And without a reason to crow, Chanticleer left the farm.
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In medieval fables, Chanticleer the rooster believed that his crowing was what made the sun come up in the morning.
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Chanticleer was the beautiful rooster with the clarion voice whose fatuous belief was that he called the sun up every morning, rather than just announced its ascendance.
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In Chaucer's 'The Nun's Priest's Tale', Chanticleer is a proud rooster who believes he can make the sun rise with his crowing.
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Many stories feature Chanticleer, the rooster known for his vibrant personality and boastful nature.
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As the central character in medieval fables, Chanticleer embodies the idea of pride and the consequences it brings.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chanticleer is the name of a proud rooster in medieval tales, especially in Chaucer's story. The name breaks into chant and cler, meaning 'sing' and 'clear', so it paints the rooster as a famous 'clear singer' who is proud of his crow.