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Word: spencer
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A thin knitted woollen vest.
- A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.
- A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early nineteenth century; probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).
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Proper noun:
- male|from=surnames transferred from the surname, in regular use since the nineteenth century.
- A=An|from=Middle English|dot= from someone worked in a [[spense (larder of medieval monastery).
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