Chaucer

[chaw-ser]

noun

Geoffrey,1340?–1400, English poet.

Examples from the Web for chaucer

So for the 12 years he spent at Aldgate, Chaucer was mostly alone, with a teeming urban scene literally beneath his feet.
A Year In The Life of The Canterbury Tales’ Storied Beginnings|Wendy Smith|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The phenomenon itself is nothing new (see the works of Shakespeare or Chaucer).
The Cuckolding Fetish: When Your Wife’s Cheating Turns You On|Aurora Snow|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brilliant as an exponent of the virtues in Spenser, Dante, Chaucer, Lewis could not write his own poetry.
The Odd Story of C.S. Lewis, an Extremely Odd Man|A.N. Wilson|March 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Outside were carved heads of Shakespeare and Milton, Chaucer and Dante.
Only Six Books: Excerpt From Jeanette Winterson’s New Memoir|Jeanette Winterson|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Chaucer and Shakespeare characterized it as the ultimate shame.
The Intellectual Sex Fetish|Anneli Rufus|July 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
All your letter is delicious, but chiefest the last sentence where you say you like your Chaucer so much.
Hortus Inclusus|John Ruskin
This is a hint that Chaucer was already getting tired of his task.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
But to attribute to Chaucer the fourth line of the Envoy seems hazardous.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Of the Clerk of Oxenford, Chaucer says, he "loked holwe, and thereto soberly."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various
Chaucer does not, like so many hagiographers, forget the child in the saint.
Chaucer and His Times|Grace E. Hadow

British Dictionary definitions for chaucer

Chaucer

noun

Geoffrey. ?1340–1400, English poet, noted for his narrative skill, humour, and insight, particularly in his most famous work, The Canterbury Tales. He was influenced by the continental tradition of rhyming verse. His other works include Troilus and Criseyde, The Legende of Good Women, and The Parlement of Foules

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Word Origin and History for chaucer

Chaucer

family name, from Old French chaucier "maker of chausses," from chauces "clothing for the legs, breeches, pantaloons, hose" (related to case (n.2)). Middle English chawce was a general term for anything worn on the feet. Related: Chaucerian.

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