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Nov 26, 2009
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palm•er



Pronunciation: (pä'mur, päl'-), [key]
—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.
Scot. and North Eng.to wander; go idly from place to place.

palm•er



Pronunciation: (pä'mur), [key]
—n.
a person who palms a card, die, or other object, as in cheating at a game or performing a magic trick.

Palm•er



Pronunciation: (pä'mur or, for 5, päl'-), [key]
—n.
1. Alice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
2. Arnold, born 1929, U.S. golfer.
3. Daniel David, 1845–1913, Canadian originator of chiropractic medicine.
4. George Herbert, 1842–1933, U.S. educator, philosopher, and author.
5. a town in S Massachusetts. 11,389.

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