Chaucer

[chaw-ser]

noun

Geoffrey,1340?–1400, English poet.

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Contemporary Examples of 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
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
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
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
Chaucer and Shakespeare characterized it as the ultimate shame.
The Intellectual Sex Fetish
Anneli Rufus
July 29, 2010

Historical Examples of chaucer

Shall I then give you a full and true description of him in the words of Chaucer?
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
Cambuscan's mirror was, according to Chaucer, of Oriental origin.
Storyology
Benjamin Taylor
Chaucer has more than one reference to the man in the moon, and so have most of the older poets.
Storyology
Benjamin Taylor
Chaucer employs the word in a similar sense very frequently.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;
Unknown
Yes, you will love and rejoice in your Chaucer more and more.
Hortus Inclusus
John Ruskin

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.