palmer

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)

1. Scot. and North England. to wander; go idly from place to place.

palmer

²

[ pah-mer ]

noun

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

Palmer

³

[ pah-mer pahl- ]

noun

1. Alice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
2. Arnold, 1929–2016, 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 southern Massachusetts.

palmer

¹

/ ˈpɑːmə /

noun

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

Palmer

²

/ ˈpɑːmə /

noun

1. PalmerArnold1929MUSSPORT AND GAMES: golfer Arnold. born 1929, 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. PalmerSamuel18051881MEnglishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Samuel. 1805–81, English painter of visionary landscapes, influenced by William Blake

Word History and Origins

Origin of palmer¹

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

Origin of palmer²

First recorded in 1665–75; palm ¹ + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of palmer¹

C13: from Old French palmier, from Medieval Latin palmārius, from Latin palma palm

Example Sentences

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From Los Angeles Times

“I met Jordan for the first time when we were doing the director’s callback for Palmer, and going into it, I almost wouldn’t have held it against her if she had a little bit of a wall up,” Hearon says.

From Los Angeles Times

Palmer, a spokesperson for the governor’s Department of Finance, in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

We will find out when managers do their news conferences on Thursday and Friday how many out of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Aaron Ramsdale, Levi Colwill and Jarrad Branthwaite will be fit for this weekend's games.

From BBC

Palmer passed for 413 yards and five touchdowns to go with one compliment during a postgame embrace.

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