palmers
noun
Meaning
- A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
- A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.
- One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
- Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
- A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.
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