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Pronunciation : Spen"cer
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.]
Definition : Defn: One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Spen"cer
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.]
Definition : Defn: A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Spen"cer
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.

(Naut.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913