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Webster 1913 Edition


Rooster

Roost′er

,
Noun.
The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
[U.S.]
Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the neck of a
rooster
, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George.
W. Irving.

Definition 2024


Rooster

Rooster

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English

Proper noun

Rooster

  1. The tenth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

rooster

rooster

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English

A rooster.
A rooster

Noun

rooster (plural roosters)

  1. A male of any species of gallinaceous bird. Typically refers to the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroːstər/
  • Hyphenation: roos‧ter

Noun

rooster n, m (plural roosters, diminutive roostertje n)

  1. grill, grid a metallic maze-structure; some things containing one
  2. a device for roasting
  3. roster, timetable
  4. (crystallographic) lattice.

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rooster

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roosteren
  2. imperative of roosteren