palmer

Meaning

Noun

• A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
• Abbreviation of palmerworm
• A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.
• One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

Origin

• From Middle English palmer, from Anglo-Norman palmer, from Old French paumier, from Medieval Latin palmārius, from palma.
• From palm
• From the transitive verb palm.