Spencer Definition

spĕnsər
noun
A trysail.
American Heritage
A short jacket of an early 19th-cent. style.
Webster's New World
A fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff and set on a foremast or mainmast.
Webster's New World
A close-fitting, waist-length jacket worn by women.
American Heritage

A thin knitted woollen vest.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • herbert spencer
pronoun
Wiktionary
A male given name transferred from the surname, in general use since the nineteenth century.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Spencer

Noun

Singular:
spencer
Plural:
spencers

Origin of Spencer

  • An occupational surname from someone who worked in a spense (larder of medieval monastery), a steward or butler.

    From Wiktionary

  • From the family name Spencer. The jacket is probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).

    From Wiktionary

  • After George John Spencer , Second Earl Spencer (1758–1834)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French despensier. See spence (“buttery").

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps from the name Spencer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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