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Chaucerian

[chaw-seer-ee-uh n]
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Chaucer's writings: Chaucerian wit.
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noun
  1. a scholar devoted to the study of Chaucer and his writings.
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Origin of Chaucerian

First recorded in 1650–60; Chaucer + -ian
Related formsnon-Chau·ce·ri·an, adjective, nounpost-Chau·ce·ri·an, adjectivepre-Chau·ce·ri·an, adjective
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Historical Examples of chaucerian

  • According to Mr. Brown, he is giving simply an expansion of the Chaucerian phrases.

    The Bruce

    John Barbour

  • Chaucerian and other Pieces, being a Supplementary Volume to the above.

  • Our highlander often speaks in Elizabethan or Chaucerian or even pre-Chaucerian terms.

  • Here is no affectation of Chaucerian words; the gold is not spotted with rust.

  • The clever application of the Chaucerian verse to his own case was crushing.

    Aliens

    William McFee

British Dictionary definitions for chaucerian

Chaucerian

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
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noun
  1. an imitator of Chaucer, esp one of a group of 15th-century Scottish writers who took him as a model
    1. an admirer of Chaucer's works
    2. a specialist in the study or teaching of Chaucer
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