spencer

== English == === Etymology === From the family name Spencer. The jacket is probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspɛnsə/ Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ) === Noun === spencer (plural spencers) (historical) A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries. (historical) A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century. (historical) A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth. A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards. == French == === Etymology === From English spencer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɛn.sɛʁ/ === Noun === spencer m (plural spencers) spencer (garment) === Further reading === “spencer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman despenser or Old French espensier, from Latin dispēnsāre (“to dispense, distribute; to manage”). Equivalent to spence (“buttery”) +‎ -er. === Noun === spencer (plural spencers) One who works in a spence or buttery. == Polish == === Alternative forms === pancer (Far Masovian, Sokołów County) spancer (Łowicz, Zduny, Strugienice, Maurzyce, Niedźwiada, Goleńsko, Marianka, Bąków Górny, Złaków Kościelny, Złaków Borowy, Mastki, Osiek, Skowroda, Różyce, Sierakowice, Kompina, Gągolin Południowy, Płaskocin, Szczudłów, Kalenice, Western Lublin, Eastern Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship) spancerz (Far Masovian, Łomża Voivodeship) śpancyr (Western Lublin, Kurów) śpencer (Western Lublin, Chmielnik) spańcer (Łowicz, Zduny, Strugienice, Maurzyce, Niedźwiada, Goleńsko, Marianka, Bąków Górny, Złaków Kościelny, Złaków Borowy, Mastki, Osiek, Skowroda, Różyce, Sierakowice, Kompina, Gągolin Południowy, Płaskocin, Szczudłów, Kalenice) === Etymology === Borrowed from English spencer. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛnt͡sɛr Syllabification: spen‧cer === Noun === spencer m inan spencer (garment) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “spencer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “spencer”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 56