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Palmer

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What's The Definition Of Palmer?
[n] United States golfer (born in 1929)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Palmer: Arnold Daniel Palmer | Arnold Palmer Related Terms | Find terms related to Palmer: See Also | golf player | golfer | linksman Palmer In Webster's Dictionary \Palm"er\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A palmerworm.
2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made
to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
\Palm"er\, n. [From {Palm}, v. t.] One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice. \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. Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together. --P. Plowman. The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the palmer had none. The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed place or places, but the palmer to all. --T. Staveley. \Palm"er\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A palmerworm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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