Thesaurus: spencer

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1. n. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.
2. n. A short jacket worn by men and by women.
3. 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].
4. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum. A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton. 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 mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. R. H. Dana, Jr.
5. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]Promptorium Parvulorum.
6. n. English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)