[pah-mer, pahl-] 
| 1. | a pilgrim, esp. of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token. |
| 2. | any religious pilgrim. |
| 3. | palmerworm. |
| 4. | Scot. and North England. to wander; go idly from place to place. |
[pah-mer or, for 5, pahl-] | 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. |
| 6. | a town in S Massachusetts. 11,389. |
| palm·er (pä'mər) n. A medieval European pilgrim who carried a palm branch as a token of having visited the Holy Land. |
| Pal·mer (pä'mər, päl'-) American educator who was president of Wellesley College (1882-1888) and dean of women at the University of Chicago (1892-1895). |
| Palmer, Arnold Born 1929. American golfer who was the first to win four Masters championships (1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964). |
| Palmer, James Alvin Known as "Jim." Born 1945. American baseball player. A right-handed pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1984), he won 20 or more games during eight separate seasons and won the Cy Young Award three times (1973, 1975, and 1976). |
