noun. Nautical, a trapezoidal fore-and-aft sail set abaft the foremast and mainmast; a trysail.

noun. A man's outer garment or overcoat so short that the skirts of the body-coat worn under it were seen: a fashion introduced about 1800.

noun. A woman's garment introduced a year or two later, and made in direct imitation of the above.

noun. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.

noun. A short jacket worn by men and by women.

noun. 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].

noun. a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer.

noun. 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).

noun. A thin knitted woollen vest.

noun. A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.

noun. English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

"Taxing those making $100-300K more would indeed reduce the income inequality spencer is talking about."

philosopher  sociologist  

Ensor  Spenser  biosensor  censer  censor  

Angela  Benji  Frisbee  Stanfield  Stanley