English

Proper noun

Palmer

1. An English surname​.

Anagrams

• ampler
• LaPerm

English

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

Catalan

Alternative forms

• palmera

Etymology

palma +‎ -er

Noun

palmer m ‎(plural palmers)

1. palm tree

Latin

Verb

palmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of palmō

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

palmer m

1. indefinite plural of palme

Swedish

Noun

palmer

1. indefinite plural of palm