Referring to Geoffrey Chaucer, a famous medieval English poet; sometimes used to mean any medieval poet or writer.
The name Chaucer comes from Old French chaussier (shoemaker), a profession-based surname. Chaucer lived 1340-1400 and wrote The Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer invented or first recorded over 2,000 words still used in English, including 'bedroom' and 'thousand'—when you use common words, you might be using ones Chaucer gave English.
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