spence

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 258 words | Copyright

spence (arch.) buttery, pantry XIV; (Sc.) parlour XVIII. Aphetic — OF. despense (mod. dépense) :- sb. use of fem. pp. of L. dispendere DISPENSE.
So †spencer steward, butler (surviving as a surname) — AN. espenser, for OF. despenser.

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