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