A variant spelling of Cambuscan, relating to the fictional realm or character from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
An alternative spelling of 'Cambuscan,' likely reflecting variant manuscript versions or different transliteration preferences in different editions of Chaucer's works.
Medieval manuscripts were copied by hand before printing, so the same fictional king's name appears in different spellings across different manuscripts—historians have to detective-work their way through these variations.
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