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5 definitions found 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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