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English Dictionary: Spencer by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Spencer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spencer
n
  1. English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
    Synonym(s): Spencer, Herbert Spencer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. [OF. despensier. See {Spence}, and cf.
      {Dispenser}.]
      One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]
      --Promptorium Parvulorum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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].
  
      {Spencer mast}, a small mast just abaft the foremast or
            mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spencer, IA (city, FIPS 74280)
      Location: 43.14587 N, 95.15112 W
      Population (1990): 11066 (4824 housing units)
      Area: 25.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51301
   Spencer, ID (city, FIPS 75970)
      Location: 44.38083 N, 112.18638 W
      Population (1990): 11 (31 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83446
   Spencer, IN (town, FIPS 71972)
      Location: 39.28705 N, 86.76915 W
      Population (1990): 2609 (1173 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47460
   Spencer, LA
      Zip code(s): 71280
   Spencer, MA (CDP, FIPS 66070)
      Location: 42.24387 N, 71.99197 W
      Population (1990): 6306 (2671 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 01562
   Spencer, NC (town, FIPS 63760)
      Location: 35.69435 N, 80.43308 W
      Population (1990): 3219 (1384 housing units)
      Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28159
   Spencer, NE (village, FIPS 46275)
      Location: 42.87463 N, 98.70163 W
      Population (1990): 536 (261 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68777
   Spencer, NY (village, FIPS 70167)
      Location: 42.21508 N, 76.49476 W
      Population (1990): 815 (335 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14883
   Spencer, OH (village, FIPS 73992)
      Location: 41.09750 N, 82.12277 W
      Population (1990): 726 (262 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44275
   Spencer, OK (city, FIPS 69200)
      Location: 35.50770 N, 97.37035 W
      Population (1990): 3972 (1601 housing units)
      Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73084
   Spencer, SD (city, FIPS 60060)
      Location: 43.72787 N, 97.59169 W
      Population (1990): 317 (162 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57374
   Spencer, TN (town, FIPS 70240)
      Location: 35.74233 N, 85.45669 W
      Population (1990): 1125 (466 housing units)
      Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38585
   Spencer, VA
      Zip code(s): 24165
   Spencer, WI (village, FIPS 75400)
      Location: 44.75539 N, 90.29821 W
      Population (1990): 1757 (752 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54479
   Spencer, WV (city, FIPS 75820)
      Location: 38.80420 N, 81.35627 W
      Population (1990): 2279 (1162 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 25276
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