different between spencer vs spences

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp?ns?/
• Rhymes: -?ns?(r)

Etymology 1

From the family name Spencer. The jacket is probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).

Noun

spencer (plural spencers)

1. (historical) A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
2. (historical) A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
3. (historical) A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
   • 1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin 2005, p. 34:

     I am seized with an angry resentment against the conventions of twenty years ago, which wrapped up my comely adolescent body in woollen combinations, black cashmere stockings, “liberty” bodice, dark stockinette knickers, flannel petticoat and often, in addition, a long-sleeved, high-necked, knitted woollen “spencer”.

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English spenser, spensere, from Anglo-Norman despenser or Old French espensier, from Latin disp?ns?re (“to dispense, distribute; to manage”). Equivalent to spence (“buttery”) +? -er.

Noun

spencer (plural spencers)

1. (archaic) One who works in a spence or buttery.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Promptorium Parvulorum to this entry?)

French

Etymology

From English spencer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?n.s??/

Noun

spencer m (plural spencers)

1. spencer (garment)

Further reading

• “spencer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From English spencer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?n.t?s?r/

Noun

spencer m inan

1. spencer (garment)

Declension

Further reading

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

English

Noun

spences

1. plural of spence