Middle English Dictionary Entry
chuffer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chuffer n. |
| Etymology | Cp. chuffe . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An invective: clown, impostor; also as nickname.
Associated quotations
- (1281) Hundred R.Tower 2618 : Simon le Chuffer.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)259/31 : Herkyns now what shall befall Of this fals chuffer [i.e. Jesus] here, That with his fals quantyse hase lett hymself as god wyse.