Capon

//ˈkeɪpən// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.

    "[…] You cannot feed capons so."

  2. 2
    castrated male chicken wordnet
  3. 3
    flesh of a castrated male chicken wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To castrate; to make a capon of. transitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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bantybiddybroilerbroodercanardchick

Example

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"The Cock (which crows in the morning) has a comb and spurs; when castrated, is called a capon and is crammed in a Coop."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō).

Related phrases

Yarmouth capon

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