A person who raises, trains, or breeds roosters, especially for cockfighting.
Compound of 'cock' (rooster) and 'master' (an expert or person in charge). Historical term reflecting the occupation of professional rooster handlers.
Cockfighting was a major sport in Shakespeare's time and remained legal in most US states until the 2000s—cock handlers were respected tradesmen with serious breeding expertise!
'-Master' denotes authority, skill, expertise; applied to cock/rooster handlers. Gendered masculine default in occupational titles; female equivalents were rare or absent, signaling role exclusion.
Use 'cockfighting expert', 'rooster handler', or 'poultry master' to de-gender the authority position.
["rooster expert","poultry handler","cockfighting expert"]
Women poultry workers and handlers existed but were systematically excluded from 'master' designations, erasing their expertise and authority.
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