SPENCER
\spˈɛnsə], \spˈɛnsə], \s_p_ˈɛ_n_s_ə]\
Definitions of SPENCER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
By Princeton University
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English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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].
By Oddity Software
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A short overjacket worn by men or women, named after a Lord Spencer who introduced it or made it fashionable.
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(in ships and barks) A fore-and-aft sail abaft the fore and main masts.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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One who has care of the spence.
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A short over-jacket worn by men or women, introduced by an Earl Spencer.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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