Cockerel Definition

kŏkər-əl
cockerels
noun
A young rooster, less than a year old.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cockerel

Noun

Singular:
cockerel
Plural:
cockerels

Origin of Cockerel

  • Middle English cokerel diminutive of cok cock cock1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English cockerelle, equivalent to cock +‎ -rel.

    From Wiktionary

Cockerel Sentence Examples

  • Mornings are heralded by the local cockerel but he is never up too early!

  • Should you have a cockerel, you can be sure he will do his best to fertilize the eggs.

  • Christmas morning between 3am and dawn men gathered at churches to sing carols until the cockerel crowed.

  • To hear a cockerel crowing as you set off to work is heralded as an omen of good luck for the day.

  • On the following day he charged him with stealing a young cockerel, value 3s 6d, from Edwin ANDERTON.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOC

Words Ending With

LELREL

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Words Starting With C and Ending With L

Starts With C & Ends With LStarts With CO & Ends With LStarts With C & Ends With EL

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With C8 Letter Words Ending With L