Definition of spencer
English to English noun - English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
source: WordNet 3.0 - One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.
source: Webster 1913 - A short jacket worn by men and by women.
source: Webster 1913 - 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].
source: Webster 1913
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spencer, spenser, spanker, sponger, suspensor, spinnaker, sevenscore, spun sugar, soupemaigre, spanish war, spanish sahara
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