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Chaucerian, a. (and n.)|tʃɔːˈsɪərɪən|
[f. the name of the poet Chaucer + -ian. Cf. Spenserian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Chaucer or his writings.
1660M. Parker Hist. Arthur sig. C, In an old Chaucerian manuscript. 1838Emerson Addr. Lit. Ethics Wks. (Bohn) II. 211 Homeric..or Chaucerian pictures. 1850Whipple Ess. & Rev. II. 364 His imagination has a Chaucerian certainty in representing a natural object in its exact form.
B. n. A student or admirer of Chaucer.
1868Furnivall Temp. Pref. Canterb. Tales 89 A vote of thanks to Mr. Skeat from all Chaucerians is hereby recorded. 1883N. & Q. 17 Nov. 398/2 William Thynne, known to us as a Chaucerian. |