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US
/ˈspɛnsɝ/
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[ UK /spˈɛnsɐ/ ]
[ UK /spˈɛnsɐ/ ]
NOUN
- English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
How To Use Spencer In A Sentence
- Spencer was a social philosopher and a disciple of Lamarck.
- Hesher (Director: Spencer Susser; Screenwriters: Spencer Susser and David Michod; Story by Brian Charles Frank) — A mysterious, anarchical trickster descends on the lives of a family struggling to deal with a painful loss. Sundance 2010 Competition Lineup Arrives, And Here Are Some Highlights » MTV Movies Blog
- Wallace and Wolf trace the development of structural functionalism to Comte, Herbert Spencer, and Durkheim.
- The show cloaks itself in wholesome, old-fashioned japery with its broad misunderstandings ("I said ghosts, not goats!") and knowing winks at Hi-de-Hi! and Frank Spencer, and the way Miranda's mother (Patricia Hodge) flits in and out as if through a time portal to a 1950s Whitehall farce. Rewind TV: Miranda; The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret; Accused: Willy's Story; Garrow's Law
- But I nary not mention my displeasure and dread and off we embarked to Spencer's Plaza on a journey of discovery.
- a socialite's life † heidi montag and spencer pratt were busy spreading a message of 'grope' - ugh! popsugar † mischa barton is Friday October 24 2008 @ 7: 55AM Popbytes
- Henry Spencer Ashbee was a senior partner in a silk mercers, a collector of watercolours and a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Madrid.
- Colin Spencer still stood by the desk no one signed in at; and he still smiled and nodded his hellos and goodbyes to every oblivious face that passed him by as though he was host to this year's biggest A-list birthday bash.
- One of them featured a famous photograph of a gauzy Laura Ashley skirt barely concealing the sunshine-silhouetted thighs of a kindergarten aide named Diana Spencer.
- Corporal Spencer will be held in jail until his court-martial in 90 days.