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English

Etymology

From space +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spe?s?(?)/

• Rhymes: -e?s?(r)

Noun

spacer (plural spacers)

1. (sometimes science fiction) A person who works or lives in space.
2. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
3. A bushing.
4. (slang) A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
5. (medicine) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
6. (historical) An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.

Translations

Anagrams

• CASREP, Casper, Pacers, Scaper, capers, crapes, e-scrap, escarp, pacers, parsec, recaps, scaper, scrape, secpar

Polish

Etymology

From German spazieren, Spazier(gang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spa.t?s?r/

Noun

spacer m inan (diminutive spacerek)

1. stroll, walk

   Synonym: przechadzka

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• spacer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• spacer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Middle English spicer, spycer, spycere, from Old French espicier (> French épicier), from Latin speciarius (“dealer in spices”), equivalent to spice +? -er.

Noun

spicer (plural spicers)

1. (uncommon, historical) One who seasons with spice.
   • 2011, Ruth A. Johnston, All Things Medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World

     […] they [professional cooks] had as many as 25 helpers, such as saucerers, larders, roasters, pottagers, bakers, spicers, and fruiterers, not to mention spit turners and scullions.
2. That which adds spice or (figuratively) excitement.
   • 2003, Geoffrey Blainey, A Short History of the World (page 265)

     In Europe cloves from the Indonesian archipelago were prized as a medicine, especially for toothache, as well as a spicer of food and drink.
3. (obsolete or historical) A spice dealer.

Anagrams

• Cripes, Persic, Prices, crepis, cripes, precis, prices, précis

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spycer, spycere, spyser, spysser

Etymology

From Old French espicier, from Latin speciarius; equivalent to spice +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi?s?r/

Noun

spicer (plural spiceres)

1. A spice dealer; a spicer.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

Descendants

• English: spicer

References

• “sp?cer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.