Cockerel
/ˈkɑkəɹəl/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A young male chicken.
"“Mrs. Boast can’t have got all these from one hatching,” [Ma] said. “I do believe there’s not more than two cockerels among them.” “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this flock, looking on them as meat.”"
- 2 a young domestic cock; not older than one year wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"Beware of the cockerel. It bites."
Etymology
From Middle English kokerel. By surface analysis, cock + -rel.