Cockerel

//ˈkɑkəɹəl// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a young domestic cock; not older than one year wordnet

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bantybiddybilly goatboarbroilerbrooder

Example

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"Beware of the cockerel. It bites."

Etymology

From Middle English kokerel. By surface analysis, cock + -rel.

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