Spencer

['spensə] or ['spɛnsɚ]

Definition

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

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Definition

(n.) One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.

(n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.

(n.) 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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Definition

n. (in ships and barques) a fore-and-aft sail abaft the fore and main masts.

n. a short over-jacket worn by men or women named after Earl Spencer (1782-1845).

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