Dictionary  spen•cerPronunciation: (spen'sur), [key] —n. 1. a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children. 2. a man's close-fitting jacket, having a collar and lapels and reaching just below the waist, worn in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. 3. an English wig of the 18th century. spen•cerPronunciation: (spen'sur), [key] —n. Naut. a large gaff sail used abaft a square-rigged foremast or abaft the mainmast of a ship or bark. Spen•cerPronunciation: (spen'sur), [key] —n. 1. Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 1674–1722, British statesman: prime minister 1718–21. 2. Herbert, 1820–1903, English philosopher. 3. Platt Rogers Pronunciation: (plat), [key] 1800–64, U.S. calligrapher and teacher of penmanship. 4. a town in NW Iowa. 11,726. 5. a town in central Massachusetts. 10,774. 6. a male given name. Spen•cerPronunciation: (spen'sur), [key] —n. Mil. a .52 caliber, lever-action repeating rifle and carbine patented in the U.S. in 1860 and used by the Union army and navy in the Civil War. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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