English

Etymology 1

Noun

1. A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification.

   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.

Etymology 2

Noun

1. One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

References

Middle English

Noun

People

• Palmer (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
• Palmer (Pilgrim), a mediaeval European pilgrim to the Holy Land

Places

• Palmer Land, area of Antarctica
• Palmer Peninsula, the former American name of the Antarctic Peninsula*Palmer, South Australia*Mount Palmer (Alberta), a mountain in the Rocky Mountains*Palmer, Alaska
• Palmer, Illinois
• Palmer, Indiana
• Palmer, Iowa
• Palmer, Kansas
• Palmer, Massachusetts, a town
  • Palmer (CDP), Massachusetts, the central area of the town
• Palmer, Michigan
• Palmer, Nebraska
• Palmer, Tennessee
• Palmer, Texas
• Mount Palmer (Alaska), a mountain in Anchorage

Palmer High School

• General William J. Palmer High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Lewis-Palmer High School (Monument, Colorado)
• Palmer High School, Alaska (Palmer, Alaska)
• Palmer High School (Massachusetts) (Palmer, Massachusetts)
• Palmer High School (Texas) (Palmer, Texas)
• Robert Cecil Palmer Secondary School (Richmond, British Columbia)

Vessels

• Nathaniel B. Palmer (icebreaker), an American research vessel and icebreaker
• USS Palmer (DD-161), a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy 1918–1922

Other uses

• Château Palmer, a winery in the Bordeaux region of France
• Palmer Bus Company, a bus company in Minnesota and Wisconsin, U.S.
• Palmer College of Chiropractic, a health professional school in Davenport, Iowa

See also

• Riggs v. Palmer, an 1889 court case in New York regarding inheritance after a murder