spencer

(spen′sər)

noun

a short jacket of an early 19th-cent. style

Origin: after the 2d Earl Spencer (1758-1834)

noun

a trysail on a gaff

Origin: < pers. name Spencer

noun

a masculine name: var. Spenser

Origin: < the surname Spencer < ME spenser, butler, steward < OFr despencier < despense, larder, buttery < ML dispensa: see spence

Spencer, Herbert 1820-1903; Eng. philosopher

See spencer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Nautical

A trysail.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from the name Spencer

noun

Origin:

Origin: After George John Spencer, Second Earl Spencer (1758-1834)

British philosopher who attempted to apply the theory of evolution to philosophy and ethics in his series Synthetic Philosophy (1855-1893).

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