palmer
/ˈpɑːmə/US/ˈpɑmɚ/
palmer noun: a pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary. Also the abbreviation of palmerworm.
Noun (1)
palmer (plural palmers)
- A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
- The Pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the Palmer had none. The Pilgrim travelled to some certain, designed place or places, but the Palmer to all. The Pilgrim went as his own charge, but the Palmer professed wilful poverty and went upon alms.1674, Thomas Staveley, The Romish horseleech : or, an impartial account of the intolerable charge of Popery to this nation, page 93
- Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel! / Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love's eye! / They could not in the self-same mansion dwell / Without some stir of heart, some malady; [...]1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC...
Noun (2)
palmer (plural palmers)
- A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.
Noun (3)
palmer (plural palmers)
- One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
Verb
palmer (third-person singular simple present palmers, present participle palmering, simple past and past participle palmered)
Proper noun capitalized: Palmer
Palmer (countable and uncountable, plural Palmers)
- An English surname transferred from the nickname.
- Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025
- A male given name.
- A city, the borough seat of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
- A village in Christian County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Lake County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Pocahontas County, Iowa.
- A minor city in Washington County, Kansas.
- A city in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marquette County, Michigan.
- A township in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
- An extinct town in Washington County, Missouri.
- A village in Merrick County, Nebraska.
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- A township in Putnam County, Ohio.
- A township in Washington County, Ohio.
- A township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Grundy County, Tennessee.
- A town in Ellis County, Texas.
- A census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in King County, Washington.
- An extinct town in Braxton County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Rush River, St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
- A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Sutton, No. 103, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland.
- A town east of the Adelaide Hills in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Collie, Western Australia.
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palmer is also the abbreviation of palmerworm.
palmer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
palmer in Hindi
- पाल्मर, पामर
palmer in Tamil
- பால்மர்
palmer in Marathi
- पाल्मर, पामर
palmer in Urdu
- پالمر, پامر
More languagesFewer languages
- palmer in Bengali
- পালমার, পামার, পাল্মার
- palmer in Telugu
- పాల్మర్, పామర్
- palmer in Kannada
- ಪಾಲ್ಮರ್, ಪಾಮರ್
- palmer in Punjabi
- ਪਾਲਮਰ, ਪਾਮਰ
- palmer in Gujarati
- પાલ્મર, પામર
- palmer in Odia
- ପାଲ୍ମର୍, ପାଲ୍ମର
- palmer in Nepali
- पाल्मर, पामर, पाल्मर गर्न
Forms of palmer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | palmers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | palmers |
| present participle | palmering |
| past participle | palmered |
| past | palmered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Palmers |
Origin of palmer
From Middle English palmer, from Anglo-Norman palmer, from Old French paumier (“palmer”), from Medieval Latin palmārius (“palmer”), from palma (“palm tree”).
From noun.
From the transitive verb to palm.
Words formed from palmer
Phrases with palmer
Words that rhyme with palmer
Questions about palmer
- What does palmer mean?
- Palmer means a pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
- What is palmer in Hindi?
- Palmer in Hindi is पाल्मर, पामर. See Palmer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is palmer?
- Palmer can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce palmer?
- Palmer is pronounced /ˈpɑːmə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of palmer?
- The plural of palmer is palmers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: palmer (page history and authors); Palmer (page history and authors); palmer (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palmer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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