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palmer

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palmer  \Palm"er\,  n.  [From  {Palm},  v.  t.] 
  One  who  palms  or  cheats,  as  at  cards  or  dice. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palmer 
  n  :  journeys  in  foreign  lands  [syn:  {pilgrim}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Palmer,  AK  (city,  FIPS  58660) 
  Location:  61.59892  N,  149.10987  W 
  Population  (1990):  2866  (1169  housing  units) 
  Area:  9.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Palmer,  IA  (city,  FIPS  61050) 
  Location:  42.62880  N,  94.59831  W 
  Population  (1990):  230  (110  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  50571 
  Palmer,  IL  (village,  FIPS  57303) 
  Location:  39.45844  N,  89.40794  W 
  Population  (1990):  275  (103  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Palmer,  KS  (city,  FIPS  54200) 
  Location:  39.63373  N,  97.13931  W 
  Population  (1990):  121  (70  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  66962 
  Palmer,  MA  (CDP,  FIPS  52070) 
  Location:  42.16091  N,  72.32232  W 
  Population  (1990):  4069  (1881  housing  units) 
  Area:  10.6  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  01069 
  Palmer,  NE  (village,  FIPS  38155) 
  Location:  41.22750  N,  98.21888  W 
  Population  (1990):  753  (316  housing  units) 
  Area:  145.1  sq  km  (land),  0.3  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  68864 
  Palmer,  PR  (comunidad,  FIPS  58666) 
  Location:  18.37237  N,  65.77449  W 
  Population  (1990):  1472  (471  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Palmer,  TN  (town,  FIPS  56560) 
  Location:  35.35794  N,  85.56515  W 
  Population  (1990):  769  (298  housing  units) 
  Area:  13.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  37365 
  Palmer,  TX  (town,  FIPS  54744) 
  Location:  32.42729  N,  96.67242  W 
  Population  (1990):  1659  (583  housing  units) 
  Area:  7.0  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  75152




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