| Definitions of 'Spencer' |
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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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| Definitions of 'Spencer' |
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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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