palmer

See also Palmer

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from palm (“the type of tree”) +‎ -er.

Noun

palmer (plural palmers)

1. A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification.

   Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together. -- P. Plowman.

   The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the palmer had none. The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed place or places, but the palmer to all. -- T. Staveley.

Etymology 2

From the transitive verb to palm.

Noun

palmer (plural palmers)

1. One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

References

• palmer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• ampler
• LaPerm

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• palmera

Etymology

palma +‎ -er

Noun

palmer m (plural palmers)

1. palm tree

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Latin

Verb

palmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of palmō

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Middle English

Noun

palmer (plural palmeres)

1. a pilgrim from the Holy Land

   And palmeres for to seken strange stroundes
   To ferne halwes, kouthe in sondry londes. -- Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, ll. 14-15

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Swedish

Noun

palmer

1. indefinite plural of palm