palmer

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːmə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑmɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English palmer, from Anglo-Norman palmer, from Old French paumier (“palmer”), from Medieval Latin palmārius (“palmer”), from palma (“palm tree”).

Noun

palmer (plural palmers)

1. (now historical) A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
2. (archaic) Abbreviation of palmerworm.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From noun.

Noun

palmer (plural palmers)

1. A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.

Etymology 3

From the transitive verb to palm.

Noun

palmer (plural palmers)

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

References

• palmer (pilgrim) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “palmer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• LaPerm, Marple, ampler, lamper, relamp, repalm

Catalan

Alternative forms

• palmera

Etymology

From palma +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəlˈme]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [palˈmeɾ]

Noun

palmer m (plural palmers)

1. palm tree

Further reading

• “palmer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

palmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of palmō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• palmere

Etymology

Named for the palm branches they were wont to bring back from the Levant to signify their pilgrimage. From Anglo-Norman palmer, from Old French paumier, from Medieval Latin palmārius (“palmer”), from palma (“palm tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mər(ə)/

Noun

palmer (plural palmeres)

1. A pilgrim who has been to the Holy Land.
   • ca. 1370–90, William Langland, Piers Plowman,
2. (by extension) Any pilgrim or crusader.

Descendants

• English: palmer

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

palmer m

1. indefinite plural of palme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

palmer f

1. (non-standard since 1959) indefinite plural of palme

Swedish

Noun

palmer

1. indefinite plural of palm