Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palmer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palmer \Palm"er\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A palmerworm.
2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made
to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palmer \Palm"er\, n.[From {Palm} the tree.]
A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a
branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land
and its sacred places. --Chaucer.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palmer \Palm"er\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A palmerworm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made
to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle. [Webster 1913
Suppl.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palmer \Palm"er\, n. [From {Palm}, v. t.]
One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Palmer
n : United States golfer (born in 1929) [syn: {Palmer}, {Arnold
Palmer}, {Arnold Daniel Palmer}]
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