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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Rooster

/roo͞'stər/ · Roost·er · IPA /ˈɹustəɹ/
01 n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
  1. 1.
    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.