cockcrower

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noun

A person employed by the monarch to announce the hour by crowing like a cock.

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Meanings

nouncockcrower (plural cockcrowers)

plural cockcrowers

  1. historicalA person employed by the monarch to announce the hour by crowing like a cock.

    The cockcrower heralded or accompanied the laureate, crowing like a cock in the royal presence. The Hanoverian king thought it was mocking his dignity.

    1867, Cyrus Redding, Sir Thomas Wyse, page 182
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APA

cockcrower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockcrower

MLA

“cockcrower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockcrower. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cockcrower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockcrower.

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