Chaucer

From Middle English Chaucer, from Old French chaucier (“maker of chausses”), from chauces (“clothing for the legs, breeches, pantaloons, hose”). Also see case.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɔːsə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɔsɚ/, /ˈtʃɑsɚ/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃoːsɘ/

Chaucer

1. A rare medieval English surname​, notably borne by Geoffrey Chaucer, a 14th century English author, best remembered for The Canterbury Tales.
2. (by extension) Geoffrey Chaucer or his works.

• Chauser, Chawcer, Chaucere

from Old French chaucier (“maker of chausses”), from chauces (“clothing for the legs, breeches, pantaloons, hose”).

• IPA^(key): /tʃau̯ˈsɛːr/, /ˈtʃau̯sər/

Chaucer

1. A medieval English surname​.
2. (rare) Geoffrey Chaucer (14th century English poet)

• English: Chaucer
• Scots: Chaucer

• “chaucēr (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-12.