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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

/ ˈɑːə /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Palmer

2

/ ˈɑːə /

noun

  1. 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. Samuel. 1805–81, English painter of visionary landscapes, influenced by William Blake

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of palmer1

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

Origin of palmer2

First recorded in 1665–75; palm 1 + -er 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of palmer1

C13: from Old French palmier, from Medieval Latin 貹ܲ, from Latin palma palm
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And Keke Palmer, who was born in 1993, will reportedly have a part as well, though no clues have been given as to who or what she’ll play.

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Just don’t have Palmer play Jar Jar Binks’ father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate, please, because Dark Helmet already spent that punch line on Lone Starr back in 1987.

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Jim Palmer, an upstanding and righteous pitcher and broadcaster, may understand the hypocrisy of baseball’s new embrace of gambling, but it’s still a narrow issue for him.

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Scotland's first black professor Sir Geoff Palmer has died, aged 85.

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Six players from the Euro 2023 winners' group were in the senior squad selected by Tuchel for this month's matches - Levi Colwill, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Gordon, Curtis Jones, Cole Palmer and Noni Madueke.

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