"palmer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑːmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑmɚ/ [General-American] Forms: palmers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːmə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English palmer, from Anglo-Norman palmer, from Old French paumier (“palmer”), from Medieval Latin palmārius (“palmer”), from palma (“palm tree”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|palmer}} Middle English palmer, {{der|en|xno|palmer}} Anglo-Norman palmer, {{der|en|fro|paumier|t=palmer}} Old French paumier (“palmer”), {{der|en|ML.|palmārius|t=palmer}} Medieval Latin palmārius (“palmer”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People Translations (a pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary): حاجی (hacı) (Ottoman Turkish), паломник (palomnik) [masculine] (Russian), пилигрим (piligrim) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-palmer-en-noun-DxylQA7Z Disambiguation of People: 60 6 0 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 4 23 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 37 1 14 12 24 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 1 13 14 23 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'a pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary': 100 0
  2. (archaic) Abbreviation of palmerworm. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: palmerworm
    Sense id: en-palmer-en-noun-RcwzIQ9p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: palmerworm
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑːmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑmɚ/ [General-American] Forms: palmers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːmə(ɹ) Etymology: From noun. Head templates: {{en-noun}} palmer (plural palmers)
  1. A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.
    Sense id: en-palmer-en-noun-ivK4YVh2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑːmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑmɚ/ [General-American] Forms: palmers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːmə(ɹ) Etymology: From the transitive verb to palm. Head templates: {{en-noun}} palmer (plural palmers)
  1. One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
    Sense id: en-palmer-en-noun-7kCFa~Xl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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