| n. | 1. | One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. | |||
| 1. | A short jacket worn by men and by women. | ||||
| 1. | (Naut.) 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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| Noun | 1. | Spencer - English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903) Synonyms: Herbert Spencer |