Palmer

UK: /ˈpɑːmə/ US: (pä′mər, päl′-)

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Palmer / ˈpɑːmə/ noun

1. Arnold. 1929–2016, US professional golfer: winner of seven major championships, including four in the US Masters (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964) and two in the British Open (1961,1962)
2. Samuel. 1805–81, English painter of visionary landscapes, influenced by William Blake

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palm•er¹  (pä′mər, päl′-), n. 

1. Religion a pilgrim, esp. of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
2. Religion any religious pilgrim.
3. Invertebrates palmerworm.

v.i. 

4. Scottish Terms to wander;
   go idly from place to place.

• Medieval Latin palmārius, special use of Latin palmārius palmary
• Anglo-French palmer, Old French palmier
• Middle English palmer(e) 1250–1300

palm•er²  (pä′mər), n. 

1. a person who palms a card, die, or other object, as in cheating at a game or performing a magic trick.

• palm¹ + -er¹ 1665–75

Palm•er  (pä′mər or, for 5, päl′-), n. 

1. Biographical Alice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
2. Biographical Arnold, born 1929, U.S. golfer.
3. Biographical Daniel David, 1845–1913, Canadian originator of chiropractic medicine.
4. Biographical George Herbert, 1842–1933, U.S. educator, philosopher, and author.
5. Place Names a town in S Massachusetts. 11,389.

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palmer / ˈpɑːmə/ noun

1. (in Medieval Europe) a pilgrim bearing a palm branch as a sign of having visited the Holy Land
2. (in Medieval Europe) any pilgrim

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French palmier, from Medieval Latin palmārius, from Latin palma palm