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Definition of Spencer
1. Noun. English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903).
Definition of Spencer
1. n. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.
2. n. A short jacket worn by men and by women.
3. n. 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].
Definition of Spencer
1. a trysail [n -S] - See also: trysail
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