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Definitions for palmer
ˈpɑ mər, ˈpɑl-palmer

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Palmer, Arnold Palmer, Arnold Daniel Palmernoun

    United States golfer (born in 1929)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Palmernoun

    A pilgrim: they who returned from the holy land carried branches of palm.

    Etymology: from palm.

    My sceptre, for a palmer’s walking staff. William Shakespeare.

    Behold yon isle, by palmers, pilgrims trod,
    Men bearded, bald, cowl’d, uncowl’d, shod, unshod. Alexander Pope.

  2. Palmernoun

    A crown encircling a deer’s head.

ChatGPT

  1. palmer

    A palmer is a term dating back to medieval times referring to a Christian pilgrim, usually from Western Europe, who visited the Holy Land and brought back a palm leaf as an evidence of their journey. The name is derived from the Latin term "palmarius" meaning "bearing a palm". It can also be a surname in English-speaking countries.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Palmerverb

    one who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice

  2. Palmernoun

    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

  3. Palmernoun

    a palmerworm

  4. Palmernoun

    short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle

  5. Etymology: [From Palm, v. t.]

Wikidata

  1. Palmer

    Palmer is the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Palmer

    päm′ėr, n. a pilgrim from the Holy Land, distinguished by his carrying a branch of palm: a cheat at cards or dice.—ns. Pal′merin, any medieval knightly hero, from the Palmerin romances, the original hero Palmerin de Oliva; Palm′er-worm (B.), a hairy worm which wanders like a palmer, devouring leaves, &c.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Palmer

    the name given to a pilgrim to the Holy Land who had performed his vow, in sign of which he usually bore a palm branch in his hand, which he offered on the altar on his return home.

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Palmer

    The name bestowed upon a “Pilgrim” returning from the Holy Land who carried a palm branch, usually affixed to his head-gear, as a proof that he had actually accomplished his self-imposed task. On arriving at the place whence he had set out he repaired to the church or chapel, and offered the palm to the parish priest, who laid it on the altar on his behalf.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PALMER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Palmer is ranked #172 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Palmer surname appeared 156,601 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 53 would have the surname Palmer.

    75% or 117,576 total occurrences were White.
    18.5% or 29,081 total occurrences were Black.
    2.8% or 4,494 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 3,304 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 1,268 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 861 total occurrences were Asian.

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Anagrams for palmer »

  1. LaPerm

  2. ampler

  3. relamp

  4. lamper

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of palmer in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of palmer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of palmer in a Sentence

  1. Sharon Palmer:

    B12 must be supplemented in the vegan diet, if Sharon Palmer are vegetarian, Sharon Palmer get B12 from eggs. But for someone who is vegan, this is the one nutrient that I would recommend to supplement with.

  2. Andrew Brockway:

    Mr. Palmer has been completely cooperative with the investigation, he will continue to cooperate. He's a man of integrity who made some mistakes.

  3. Dan Jenkins:

    Even though I was making a stab at humor, I dont think I ever wrote a line I didnt believe, i tried not to draw too much blood. I tried to rave about all the heroes of the game, and they deserved it. ... When something great happens like when an Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods or Ben Hogan happens you dont have to be funny, you just have to be accurate.

  4. Neal Pilson:

    If you look at Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, I think they all make substantially more money today than they were making playing golf, the business opportunities open to Tiger Woods would probably dwarf the other guys.

  5. Dwayne Palmer:

    It's been over a year and we want some answers. The Palmer family was delivered back to us without organs. We want closure, if something criminal happened, and I believe something criminal did happen, we want the people that was involved in that to be held accountable.

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