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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A surname originating as an occupation for a spice dealer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States, named after landowner John M. Spicer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
One who seasons with spice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncommon
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noun
That which adds spice or (figurative) excitement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A spice dealer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
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History
From Middle English spicer, spycer, spycere, from Old French espicier (> French épicier), from Latin speciarius (“dealer in spices”), equivalent to spice + -er.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
