chanson de geste

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   Old French epic poems

   Broaderepic poem

Questions about chanson de geste

What does chanson de geste mean?

chanson de geste means "Old French epic poems".

Is chanson de geste a common word?

chanson de geste is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.