Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palmer \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.

Palmer \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.

Palmer \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.]

Palmer \Palm"er\, n. [From {Palm}, v. t.]
   One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

Source : WordNet®

Palmer
     n : United States golfer (born in 1929) [syn: {Arnold Palmer}, {Arnold
         Daniel Palmer}]