Palmer
['pɑːmə]
Definition
(v. t.) One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A palmerworm.
(n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pilgrim (returned from the Holy Land), crusader.
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Definition
n. a pilgrim from the Holy Land distinguished by his carrying a branch of palm: a cheat at cards or dice.—ns. Pal′merin any medieval knightly hero from the Palmerin romances the original hero Palmerin de Oliva; Palm′er-worm (B.) a hairy worm which wanders like a palmer devouring leaves &c.
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Examples
- One is the bicycle with the Palmer tire, and we see what that has led to. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I know little of the Knight of Ivanhoe, answered the Palmer, with a troubled voice. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Oh, my dear Miss Dashwood, said Mrs. Palmer soon afterwards, I have got such a favour to ask of you and your sister. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- As vile a spot as I ever saw in my life, said Mr. Palmer. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Nothing was wanting on Mrs. Palmer's side that constant and friendly good humour could do, to make them feel themselves welcome. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mr. Palmer is the kind of man I like. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She surprised Elinor very much as they returned into the drawing-room, by asking her whether she did not like Mr. Palmer excessively. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There now,said his lady, you see Mr. Palmer expects you; so you cannot refuse to come. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mrs. Palmer and two elderly ladies of Mrs. Jennings's intimate acquaintance, whom she had met and invited in the morning, dined with them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mr. Palmer took no notice of her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Had they told me, he cried with vehemence, that Mr. Palmer and all his relations were at the devil, it would not have turned me from the door. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- At Palmer's I was employed in composing for the second edition of Woollaston's Religion of Nature. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But they had no curiosity to see how Mr. and Mrs. Palmer ate their dinner, and no expectation of pleasure from them in any other way. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The chance proved a lucky one, for a message from Mrs. Palmer soon after she arrived, carried Mrs. Jennings away. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I wish I knew, said Wamba, when his comrade's back was turned, what you Palmers learn in the Holy Land. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is only the Palmers. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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