Usually means: Short, fitted jacket, historical garment.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word spencer:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. Spencer, spencer: Merriam-Webster
  2. Spencer, spencer, spencer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spencer, spencer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spencer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Spencer: Vocabulary.com
  6. Spencer, spencer: Wordnik
  7. Spencer, spencer: Wiktionary
  8. spencer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. spencer: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. spencer: Dictionary.com
  11. Spencer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Spencer (Spencer Albee album), Spencer (TV series), Spencer (clothing), Spencer (disambiguation), Spencer (given name), Spencer (surname), Spencer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Spencer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. spencer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Spencer: Rhymezone
  16. Spencer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. spencer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Spencer: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. spencer: FreeDictionary.org
  20. spencer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Spencer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Spencer: Encyclopedia

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  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. spencer: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spencer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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  1. FASHION AND DESIGN (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Spencer)

noun:  (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation.
noun:  (countable) A unisex given name.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, of general 19th century and later usage.
noun:  A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
noun:  A placename:
noun:  A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia; probably named for British politician George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.
noun:  A locality in the United States
noun:  A town in Massachusetts; named for Massachusetts governor Spencer Phips.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Clay County, Iowa.
noun:  A city in Oklahoma.
noun:  A town in North Carolina; named for railroad executive Samuel Spencer.
noun:  A town and village in New York; named for New York statesman Ambrose Spencer.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Roane County, West Virginia.
noun:  A town, the county seat of Owen County, Indiana; named for Indiana militia officer Spier Spencer.
noun:  A town and village in Wisconsin; named for the town in Massachusetts.
noun:  A town, the county seat of Van Buren County, Tennessee; named for longhunter Thomas Sharp Spencer.
noun:  A village in Ohio.
noun:  A village in Nebraska; perhaps named for Alabama statesman George E. Spencer.
noun:  A city in South Dakota; named for railroad official H. Spencer.
noun:  A hamlet in Idaho.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for a local merchant.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Virginia; named for first settler James Spencer Jr.
noun:  A number of townships in the United States, listed under Spencer Township.
noun:  An English earldom.
noun:  (historical) A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
noun:  (historical) A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
noun:  (historical) A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
noun:  A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.
noun:  Ellipsis of Spencer County. [A county of Indiana, United States. County seat: Rockport.]

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