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 Definitions of Spencer  [ˈspɛn sər]  

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Definition of 'Spencer' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) spencer
any of various close-fitting, usu. waist-length jackets worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.

2. (n.) spencer
a large gaff sail used abaft a square-rigged foremast or the mainmast of a ship or bark.

3. (n.) Spencer
Herbert, 1820–1903, English philosopher.


Definition of 'Spencer' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Spencer, Herbert Spencer
English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)


Definition of 'Spencer' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Spencer
one who has the care of the spence, or buttery

2. (noun) Spencer
a short jacket worn by men and by women

3. (noun) Spencer
a fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]



'Spencer' - Nearby Entries  

spelt  spelunk  spelunker  spencer  spencer tracy  spend-all  spendable  



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