Palmer — may refer to:People*Palmer (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname) *Palmer (Pilgrim), a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy LandPlaces;Antarctica *Palmer Archipelago, group of islands off the northwestern coast of the… … Wikipedia
Palmer (surname) — Palmer is a surname.Family name name = Palmer imagesize= caption= pronunciation = meaning = a pilgrim to the Holy Land, named from the palm worn to signify the journey region = England origin = Anglo Saxon related names = footnotes = [… … Wikipedia
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. [1913 Webster] Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together. P … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palmer — [päm′ər] n. [ME palmere < Anglo Fr palmer < OFr palmier < ML palmarius < L palma,PALM1] 1. a pilgrim who carried a palm leaf to signify the making of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land 2. any pilgrim … English World dictionary
Pilgrim — Pil grim, n. [OE. pilgrim, pelgrim, pilegrim, pelegrim; cf. D. pelgrim, OHG. piligr[=i]m, G. pilger, F. p[ e]lerin, It. pellegrino; all fr. L. peregrinus a foreigner, fr. pereger abroad; per through + ager land, field. See {Per }, and {Acre}, and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palmer — (n.) pilgrim who has returned from the Holy Land, late 12c. (as a surname), from Anglo Fr. palmer (O.Fr. palmier), from M.L. palmarius, from L. palma palm tree (see PALM (Cf. palm) (n.2)). So called because they wore palm branches in… … Etymology dictionary
palmer — palmer1 /pah meuhr, pahl /, n. 1. a pilgrim, esp. of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token. 2. any religious pilgrim. 3. palmerworm. v.i. 4. Scot. and North Eng. to wander; go idly from place to… … Universalium
palmer — noun a) 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. b) One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice. The pilgrim had some home or dwelling… … Wiktionary
Pilgrim's staff — The pilgrim s staff is a walking stick used by pilgrim s on the Way of St. James to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. [http://www.turismo.navarra.es/eng/propuestas/camino santiago/desarrollo/curiosidades.htm Pilgrim s Way to Santiago … Wikipedia
palmer — palm•er [[t]ˈpɑ mər, ˈpɑl [/t]] n. 1) rel a pilgrim, esp. of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token 2) rel any religious pilgrim • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME palmer(e) < AF palmer, OF palmier <… … From formal English to slang
