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 [pah-mer, pahl-]  

palm·er

1   [pah-mer, pahl-]
noun
1.
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
2.
any religious pilgrim.
3.
palmerworm.
verb (used without object)
4.
Scot. and North England. to wander; go idly from place to place.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English palmer(e) < Anglo-French palmer, Old French palmier < Medieval Latin palmārius, special use of Latin palmārius palmary
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palm·er

2   [pah-mer]
noun
a person who palms a card, die, or other object, as in cheating at a game or performing a magic trick.
Origin:
1665–75; palm1 + -er1

Palm·er

   [pah-mer or, for 5, pahl-]
noun
1.
Alice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
2.
Arnold, born 1929, U.S. golfer.
3.
Daniel David, 1845–1913, Canadian originator of chiropractic medicine.
4.
George Herbert, 1842–1933, U.S. educator, philosopher, and author.
5.
James Alvin (“Jim”), born 1945, U.S. baseball player.
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6.
a town in S Massachusetts. 11,389.
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palmer (ˈpɑːmə)
 
—n
1.  (in Medieval Europe) a pilgrim bearing a palm branch as a sign of his visit to the Holy Land
2.  (in Medieval Europe) an itinerant monk
3.  (in Medieval Europe) any pilgrim
4.  any of various artificial angling flies characterized by hackles around the length of the body
 
[C13: from Old French palmier, from Medieval Latin palmārius, from Latin palma palm]

Palmer (ˈpɑːmə)
 
—n
1.  Arnold. born 1929, US professional golfer: won the US Open Championship (1960) and the British Open Championship (1961; 1962)
2.  Samuel. 1805--81, English painter of visionary landscapes, influenced by William Blake

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