Found 2 items, similar to Spencer.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Spencer Spencer n : English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903) [syn: Herbert Spencer]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Spencer Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.] One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] --Promptorium Parvulorum. [1913 Webster] Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.] A short jacket worn by men and by women. --Ld. Lutton. [1913 Webster] Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. (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]. [1913 Webster] Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. --R. H. Dana, Jr. [1913 Webster]