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 Trysail \Try"sail\, n. (Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. --Totten. [1913 Webster]