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PALMER
- a religious pilgrim [n PALMERS]
- pilgrim, esp. of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token
- any religious pilgrim
- to wander; go idly from place to place
- the larva of a tineid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, of the eastern U.S., that feeds on the leaves of apple and other fruit trees
- person who palms a card, die, or other object, as in cheating at a game or performing a magic trick
- a person wearing two crossed palm leaves as a sign of a pilgrimage made to the Holy Land