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American literary detective
Spenser is a fictional private investigator created by the American mystery writer Robert B. Parker. He acts as the protagonist of a series of detective
Spenser_(character)
2020 American action comedy film
Spenser Confidential is a 2020 American action comedy crime film directed by Peter Berg, with a screenplay written by Sean O'Keefe and Brian Helgeland
Spenser_Confidential
Topics referred to by the same term
culture: Spenser (character), a fictional private investigator Spenser: For Hire, a mystery television series about this character Spenser: Small Vices
Spenser
American crime drama television series (1985-1988)
Massachusetts. Spenser (Robert Urich) is the only name used for this character throughout the show. When introducing himself, he often says "Spenser with an
Spenser:_For_Hire
English epic poem by Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books I–III were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IV–VI
The_Faerie_Queene
by Master Chief Hayes. Special Warfare Operator first Class (E-6) Clay Spenser a.k.a. Bravo 6/6B, a second-generation Navy SEAL. He's portrayed by Max
List_of_SEAL_Team_characters
American crime writer (1932–2010)
detective Spenser. In the mid-1980s, based on the character of detective Spenser, ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire
Robert_B._Parker
Character in As You Like It
1905, Spenser scholar Percy Long identified Elizabeth North, the daughter of translator Thomas North, as the likely inspiration for the character Rosalinde
Rosalind_(As_You_Like_It)
official) Stephen Spinella – Miles Papazian (Hayes' assistant) Jonah Lotan – Spenser Wolff (CTU agent) Danielle Burgio – Carrie Bendis (CTU agent) Kate Mara
List_of_24_characters
American actor and producer (1946–2002)
success. In 1985, Urich returned to episodic television as the title character in Spenser: For Hire. It was a hit and aired for three seasons. He also reprised
Robert_Urich
Character in a series of detective novels written by Robert B. Parker
Captain Healy. The character of Jesse Stone, a deeply troubled man, was a departure for the author. Parker, comparing Stone to Spenser, the protagonist
Jesse_Stone_(character)
Israeli actor (born 1973)
film, The Jacket. Lotan also had a role in the fifth season of 24, as Spenser Wolff, and appeared in four episodes of CSI: NY as Marty Pino, a doctor/serial-killer
Jonah_Lotan
Season of television series
right off of Charles Street and was also used in the television series Spenser: For Hire. The season premiered on July 15, 1997 and consisted of 23 episodes
The_Real_World:_Boston
American actor and director
roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in
Avery_Brooks
Cheers" Robert Urich (himself), an actor whom Woody met at the set of Spenser: For Hire — "Woody for Hire Meets Norm of the Apes" (1988) Daniel Collier
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American actor (born 1947)
fictional detective Spenser in three made-for-TV movies between 1999 and 2001, and has narrated a number of audiobook readings of the Spenser novels. Mantegna
Joe_Mantegna
American actor (born 1988)
miniseries Texas Rising (2015). From 2017 to 2022, he played Navy SEAL Clay Spenser in the CBS drama series SEAL Team. As of 2022, Thieriot stars as Bode Leone
Max_Thieriot
A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional
List_of_stock_characters
American actor (born 1961)
also appeared in the M*A*S*H episode "The Tooth Shall Set You Free". In Spenser: For Hire, he was a guest star for the second-season episode "Personal
Laurence_Fishburne
American action drama series
series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in the series of Spenser novels
A_Man_Called_Hawk
Fictional character
Archimago is a sorcerer in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. In the narrative, he is continually engaged in deceitful magics, as when he makes a false
Archimago
Name list
Una is a feminine given name with various origins. As used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene, the name is derived from the Latin unus, meaning one
Una_(given_name)
2025 film by Josh Safdie
working with Kay Fred Hechinger as Troy, a stage actor working with Kay Spenser Granese as Clark, a man who gets hustled by Marty and Wally Levon Hawke
Marty_Supreme
Welsh-American actress (born 1957)
shows as Spenser: For Hire, All My Children, and Brooklyn Bridge. About playing the mother, in her late thirties, of David Schwimmer's character in the
Kate_Burton_(actress)
2018 film by Ben Young
American science fiction action film directed by Ben Young and written by Spenser Cohen and Brad Kane. The film is about a father who has a recurring dream/vision
Extinction_(2018_film)
American-Canadian actress (born 1963)
Walicki in two episodes of Hill Street Blues. She was also in one episode of Spenser: For Hire. At age 23, she joined the cast of the ABC television soap opera
Lauren_Holly
Literary character
literary character in Edmund Spenser's famous epic The Faerie Queene. He appears in the seventh canto of Book One as a beast and attacks the main character, Redcrosse
Orgoglio
Work by Edmund Spenser
Geoffrey Chaucer in particular. Spenser dedicated the poem to Philip Sidney. The poem introduces Colin Clout, a folk character originated by John Skelton,
The_Shepheardes_Calender
British actress, writer, director, and producer
writer, director, and multimedia producer. She is known for her roles in Spenser Confidential, The Last Ship, and The Fosters, and as the founder of Indigo
Hope_Olaide_Wilson
American nonprofit foundation
Spenser J. Somers. Spenser J. Somers was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 21, 1972. In 1984 his family moved to Edina, Minnesota. Spenser,
Spenser_Somers_Foundation
English clergyman and academic (1707–1760)
of The Faerie Queene attempted to link the poem to events in Spenser's life, and characters in the poem with historical figures. Born at Taunton, he was
John_Upton_(Spenser_editor)
American actress (born 2005)
following month, Avantika appeared amongst an ensemble in the Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen-helmed horror film Tarot. Her decision to take on the role was influenced
Avantika_(actress)
revealed in the Season 4 opener that she had been nominated for the Muriel Spenser Award for the best military spouse, as was Claudia Joy, and was in town
List_of_Army_Wives_characters
Ancient Roman god of desire, affection and erotic love
Renaissance. The theme brought the Amoretti poetry cycle (1595) of Edmund Spenser to a conclusion, and furnished subject matter for at least twenty works
Cupid
Stalkers. She later joins Morgan's Group. Arnold "Arno", portrayed by Spenser Granese, is the leader of the Stalkers, a group of scavengers who are former
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American actor (born 1959)
of Duty episode "Burn Baby, Burn" (1987). Rhames played Henry Brown on Spenser: For Hire in the episode "McAllister" (1988). During the 1990s, Rhames'
Ving_Rhames
American actor and director (born 1964)
Day (2016), the action thriller Mile 22 (2018), and the action comedy Spenser Confidential (2020). Berg created the ABC series Wonderland (2000), and
Peter_Berg
Tabletop role-playing game
assuming the roles of characters who have preexisting relationships with her and each other. The game was designed by Spenser Starke and published by
Alice_is_Missing
is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories. The troublesome son of Agatha Gregson and her first husband Spenser Gregson, he first appears
List_of_Jeeves_characters
Fantasy role-playing game
player, or a challenging Fear resource for the game master. Lead designer Spenser Starke explained that there is "also no initiative in Daggerheart. It functions
Daggerheart
1981 novel by Robert B. Parker
praise towards Spenser as a character and his growth with Paul, but some criticism of the commercial nature and thin plot of the series. Spenser is hired to
Early_Autumn_(Parker_novel)
American actor (born 1958)
and Trading Places. He also performed in TV shows such as Miami Vice and Spenser: For Hire. He played J. C. Pierce, a cadet in the 1981 movie Taps. In 1988
Giancarlo_Esposito
Cast of neo-Western crime media franchise
return. Calvin "Cal" and Laurentius "Lars" Lindholm (played by Daniel Spenser Levine and Steven Levine respectively) are twin brothers and skateboarders
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American actor (born 1961)
Sweeney guest-starred in the television series The Edge of Night and Spenser: For Hire. In films, he has played Jackie Willow, a Vietnam-era soldier
D._B._Sweeney
2012 novel by Ace Atkins
novel featuring Robert B. Parker's fictional detective Spenser. It is the first official Spenser novel not written by Parker, but by Ace Atkins. Atkins
Lullaby_(Atkins_novel)
Tobagonian actor (born 1986)
the fantasy drama film Nine Days (2020), and the action comedy films Spenser Confidential (2020) and The Fall Guy (2024). Winston Duke was born in the
Winston_Duke
American character actor
include Armstrong Circle Theatre, Kojak, The Adams Chronicles, Lou Grant and Spenser: For Hire. He also appeared in the first episode of Law & Order, "Prescription
Paul_Sparer
American television personality and singer (born 1986)
appeared in the background of the performances as a snow cone-headed character who was later identified as "Mr. Snow Cone". As Montag was eliminated
Heidi_Montag
Fictional character
Chloe is given a love interest, a subordinate named Spenser Wolff. She finds out later that Spenser is a mole (albeit unknowingly), and turns him in immediately
Chloe_O'Brian
American actress
in Working Girl. Whitcraft also did a few TV guest spots on the series Spenser For Hire (1985) and Quantum Leap (1989). After co-starring in the drama
Elizabeth_Whitcraft
2023 film by Scott Waugh
negotiations with producers were ongoing. In August 2021, it was announced Spenser Cohen wrote the most recent draft of the script with Max Adams, from a
Expend4bles
Mountain range in New Zealand
Canterbury and Tasman regions. Several peaks are named after characters in Edmund Spenser’s allegorical poem, The Faerie Queene. Many of the early explorers
Spenser_Mountains
2011 novel by Robert B. Parker
the 40th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 2011. It's the final book in the Spenser series written by Parker, who had died
Sixkill
Director: David Moor; Executive Producer: Dominic Treadwell-Collins; Writer: Spenser Frearson (2 June 2015). "Episode dated 02/06/2015". EastEnders. BBC. BBC
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List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2015
American actor (1926–1997)
in the Baywatch Pilot. He also co-starred on Robert Urich's ABC series Spenser: For Hire in the role of Lieutenant Martin Quirk. On May 29, 1947, Jaeckel
Richard_Jaeckel
Subgenre of role-playing video games
Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2009. Spenser, Alex (December 26, 2013). "A History of Roguelikes in 6 Free Games". IGN
Roguelike
American actress and film producer (born 1953)
Colleen Celeste Camp (born June 7, 1953) is an American character actress and producer. After appearing in several bit parts, she had a leading role in
Colleen_Camp
Stock name for a herdsman in ancient Greek pastoral poems and fables
himself, or at least his "poetic voice". Corydon is mentioned in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen as a shepherd in Book VI, Canto X. In this section he
Corydon_(character)
American actress (born 1945)
series as McCloud, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Hotel and Spenser: For Hire. She returned to her soap opera roots in 1983, appearing in the
Leigh_Taylor-Young
1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren
Flesh. One of the characters in Proud Flesh was named Willie Talos, in reference to the brutal character Talus in Edmund Spenser's late 16th-century epic
All_the_King's_Men
2007 film by Gregory M. Wilson
Jennings Dean Faulkenberry as Kenny Gabrielle Howarth as Cheryl Robinson Spenser Leigh as Denise Crocker Grant Show as Mr. Moran Catherine Mary Stewart
The Girl Next Door (2007 film)
The_Girl_Next_Door_(2007_film)
American actress (1928–2000)
Playhouse 90. Additional television credits include The Law and Mr. Jones, Spenser: For Hire, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Coach, and Night
Nancy_Marchand
Mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore
incompatibility (help) Warton, Thomas (2001). Spenser's Faerie Queene: Observations on the Fairy queen of Spenser. pt. 1. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-21958-7
Fairy
American actor and filmmaker (1934–2023)
and Winston Duke in the 2020 Netflix film Spenser Confidential. His final performance was voicing the character Wild Knuckles in the Universal animated
Alan_Arkin
Fictional character in P. G. Wodehouse stories
at a Covent Garden ball, she had ended the engagement. She then married Spenser Gregson, though he dies before The Code of the Woosters. About eighteen
Aunt_Agatha
Marvel Comics superhero
the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016. Perry, Spenser (25 May 2016). "Diamond Announces 2016 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives!"
Spider-Woman_(Gwen_Stacy)
Works featuring one or more characters from William Langland's poem Piers Plowman
Edmund Spenser's The Shepheardes Calendar which makes use of a character named "Piers" and consciously borrows lines from The Plowman's Tale. Spenser's character
Piers_Plowman_tradition
Literary device
unique specimens of allegory can be found in the following works: Edmund Spenser – The Faerie Queene: The several knights in the poem actually stand for
Allegory
Fictional character in The Faerie Queene
Belphoebe (or Belphebe, Belphœbe) is a character in Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590), a representation of Queen Elizabeth I (conceived of
Belphoebe
American racing driver (1985–2026)
original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017. "Kyle Busch vs Lara Spenser and Ice-T vs Peri Gilpin". The $100,000 Pyramid. Season 2. Episode 11.
Kyle_Busch
American actor (1941–1988)
the character's popularity resulted in a four-year stint that included a return from the dead. He also was a guest-star on shows such as Spenser: For
Brent_Collins
Executive Producer: Sean O'Connor; Director: Penelope Shales-Slyne; Writer: Spenser Frearson (5 December 2016). "Episode dated 05/12/2016". EastEnders. BBC
List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2016
List_of_EastEnders_characters_introduced_in_2016
1591 poetry collection by Edmund Spenser
Complaints is a poetry collection by Edmund Spenser, published in 1591. It contains nine poems. Its publisher, William Ponsonby, added an introduction
Complaints (poetry collection)
Complaints_(poetry_collection)
Set of vices in Christian theology
Origins of Profound Things, by Charles Panati The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser The Seven Deadly Sins Series, Oxford University Press (7 vols.) Rebecca
Seven_deadly_sins
2010s action film series by Sylvester Stallone
Hell (2021). Though criticism with regard to plot and dialogue between characters has been expressed, critics praised the use of comic relief in between
The_Expendables_(franchise)
American actor (born 1966)
in the Freeform show Stitchers. In 2017, he had a recurring role as Ash Spenser, a retired Navy SEAL, in the CBS show SEAL Team. In 2016 and 2018, Howell
C._Thomas_Howell
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
and its slow-paced, modernist and lyrical poems display debts to Edmund Spenser, Percy Bysshe Shelley and the poets of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
W._B._Yeats
Topics referred to by the same term
Greek god Pluto, invented by Spenser in The Faerie Queen Lucifera (comics), a 1970 Italian fumetti comic book demoness character Lucifera: Demon Lover, 1972
Lucifera
American athlete and actor (1921–1992)
recurring role of King Powers in the ABC TV series Spenser: For Hire, starring Robert Urich as Spenser—"with an S, like the poet"—and Avery Brooks as Hawk
Chuck_Connors
2019 black comedy film directed by Daniel Scheinert
the car in a river to hide the evidence. At the police station, Sheriff Spenser enlists Dudley to help her with the murder. The next morning Zeke tells
The_Death_of_Dick_Long
Character in Much Ado About Nothing
director of the local news show, Wessex Tonight. Thaler, Alwin (1940). "Spenser and "Much Ado about Nothing"". Studies in Philology. 37 (2): 228. ISSN 0039-3738
Don Pedro (Much Ado About Nothing)
Don_Pedro_(Much_Ado_About_Nothing)
Imaginary author of nursery rhymes and tales
already have been familiar with Mother Hubbard, a stock figure when Edmund Spenser published the satire Mother Hubberd's Tale in 1590, as well as with similar
Mother_Goose
American actor (1934–2020)
Company, Riptide, Spenser: For Hire, Miami Vice, The Cosby Show, and 4 episodes of Law & Order and its spinoffs. He played a different character on 4 episodes
Michael_Lombard
American film actor and stuntman (1934–1990)
Tessier) The Rousters (1983) – Bender Magnum, P.I. (1984) – Murderer Spenser: For Hire (1985) – Conan Amazing Stories (1986) – Woodsman Sledge Hammer
Robert_Tessier
Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
Gloriana, the eternally youthful Faerie Queene of Edmund Spenser's poem. Elizabeth gave Edmund Spenser a pension; as this was unusual for her, it indicates
Elizabeth_I
Fictional character in Narnia
Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-06-079128-5. Hardy, Elizabeth Baird (2016). Milton, Spenser and The Chronicles of Narnia: Literary Sources for the C.S. Lewis Novels
Ramandu's_daughter
American actress (born 1959)
Eastwood. Harden played a woman who has a mastectomy in Home (2008). (Her character in Rails & Ties also had a mastectomy.) Scenes in both films required
Marcia_Gay_Harden
Cretan goddess of mountains and hunting
daughter of Dictynna (Δίκτυννα). In the 16th century, Edmund Spenser named a character identified with English military prowess as "Britomart" in his
Britomartis
English poet
poets of the day, including Philip Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, Thomas Lodge, and George Chapman. Roydon fell in with Marlowe, and he
Mathew_Roydon
American military drama television series
of their own. Max Thieriot as Special Warfare Operator First Class Clay Spenser a.k.a. Bravo 6/6B (seasons 1–6), a second-generation Navy SEAL in training
SEAL_Team_(TV_series)
Unisex given name meaning endless energy
English origin, meaning "endless energy"; it was first used by Edmund Spenser, who "evidently invented" it, as the name of a hill where the gods debate
Arlo
Novel by Robert B. Parker
Parker's Spenser series and first published in 1990. Spenser investigates the stalking of Jill Joyce, a TV star. Private investigator Spenser takes on
Stardust_(Parker_novel)
his private detective character Spenser. The title comes from the first line of W. B. Yeats poem "The Second Coming". Spenser is hired to head up the
The_Widening_Gyre_(novel)
American actor (1955–2022)
with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992. Conroy went on to voice the character for dozens of animated television series, feature films, and video games
Kevin_Conroy
American actress
O, A.E.S. Hudson Street, T. J. Hooker, Murder, She Wrote, Miami Vice, Spenser: For Hire, and The Cosby Show. In 1985, Avery played the role of Shug Avery
Margaret_Avery
American actor (1928–1994)
Tribune. p. M6. Retrieved April 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Peterson, Spenser (March 2, 2015). "Lena Dunham Drops $2.7M on a 1920s Home in West Hollywood"
George_Peppard
American actress (born 1961)
Sharif. She later made guest-starring appearances in television series Spenser: For Hire and Tales from the Darkside. In 1987, Travis made her big screen
Nancy_Travis
Fictional character in The Chronicles of Narnia
Retrieved 28 October 2023. Hardy, Elizabeth Baird (December 13, 2006). Milton, Spenser and the Chronicles of Narnia: Literary Sources for the C.S. Lewis Novels
Miraz
Fictional mage protagonist of the Slayers franchise
the tradition of Western lady knights and sorceresses: the tradition of Spenser's Britomart, of Tolkien's Arwen and Eowyn." As envisioned by Kanzaka, Lina
Lina_Inverse
1991 American horror comedy film by Wes Craven
pay for her surgery. Leroy, his associate Spenser, and Fool break into the Robesons' house by using Spenser to pose as a municipal worker. The Robesons
The_People_Under_the_Stairs
SPENSER CHARACTER
SPENSER CHARACTER
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : metonymic occupational name for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense ‘larder’, ‘storeroom’ (a reduced form of Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus, ‘to weigh out or dispense’).
Surname or Lastname
English and South German
English and South German : occupational name for a spinner of yarn, from the agent derivative of Middle English, Middle High German spinnen ‘to spin’.
Male
Yiddish
(×¡Ö¶× Ö°×“Ö¶×¨) Yiddish form of English Alexander, SENDER means "defender of mankind."
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, SPENCER means "dispenser (of provisions)."
Girl/Female
American, Indian, Telugu
Dispenser of Provisions
Boy/Male
Sikh
King of all kings
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Steward
Surname or Lastname
English, German, or Jewish
English, German, or Jewish : variant of Spindler.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Jamaican
Dispenser of Provisions; Dispenser; Provisioner
Boy/Male
English American
Dispenser; provider.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French peiser, poiser ‘weigher’ (Late Latin pensarius, a derivative of pensare ‘to weigh’), hence an occupational name for an official in charge of weights and measures, especially one whose duty it was to weigh rent or tribute received.German : variant spelling of Peiser.
Surname or Lastname
German (of Slavic origin)
German (of Slavic origin) : habitational name for someone from a place called Peise near Königsberg in former East Prussia (present name: Kaliningrad, an exclave of Russia).German (of Slavic origin) : occupational name from a derivative of Polish pisarz ‘scribe’, ‘clerk’ or a cognate in some other Slavic language.German : variant of Beiser.English : variant spelling of Peyser.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a stonemason or stonecutter, or a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground, from a derivative of Middle English stene ‘stony place’. Compare Stone.
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Alexandros, SKENDER means "defender of mankind."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from places so named in West Yorkshire and Lancashire, or from High Spen in County Durham.German : from Middle High German spanner, an occupational name for someone whose work involved pulling, tensioning, or tightening, for example a carter.
Boy/Male
English American
Keeper of provisions. Famous Bearer: actor Spencer Tracy.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense ‘larder’ + the agent suffix -er.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French
Dispenser; Provisioner
Boy/Male
English
Dispenser; provider.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French
Dispenser; Form of Spencer; Provisioner
SPENSER CHARACTER
SPENSER CHARACTER
Boy/Male
British, English
From Langston; A Long
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Desire; Wish
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French boeuf ‘bull’, a nickname for a powerfully built man. In some cases it may have been originally a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman. Compare Bouvier.German (Böff) : from the short form of a Germanic personal name with bod- (Old Saxon bodo ‘messenger’), as in Bodo.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Lights, fires.
Boy/Male
Australian, Bengali, Indian
Door of Heaven; King
Surname or Lastname
German (Billmann)
German (Billmann) : variant of Bellmann see Bellman 2, or a name denoting a dweller by the Bille river near Hamburg.Perhaps a respelling of Swiss German Bielmann, a variant of Biehler, itself a variant of Buehler.English (East Anglia) : possibly an occupational name for someone who made or used billhooks. Compare Biller.
Girl/Female
Indian
Generous
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Blessed
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire, apparently so called from Old English pinc(a) ‘(chaf)finch’ + bæc ‘back’, ‘ridge’.
Female
French
Variant spelling of French Osanne, OZANNE means "deliver us."
SPENSER CHARACTER
SPENSER CHARACTER
SPENSER CHARACTER
SPENSER CHARACTER
SPENSER CHARACTER
superl.
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
n.
One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
n.
One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives.
imp. & p. p.
of Sense
superl.
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
v. t.
Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.
superl.
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
n.
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
n.
One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker.
v. t.
A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.
superl.
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
superl.
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
n.
One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
n.
A short jacket worn by men and by women.
n.
One who has the care of the spence, or buttery.
v. t.
To perceive by the senses; to recognize.
n.
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].
a.
Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.
superl.
Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.