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Palmer

/ˈpɑːmə/

A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.

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noun
  1. 1

    A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.

noun
  1. 1

    Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.

  2. 2

    A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.

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pilgrimnounOne who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.

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pilgrimnounOne who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
curtisnounA male given name transferred from the surname.
ballmernounA surname.
balmernounA surname.
indexnounAn alphabetical listing of items and their location.
travelernounUS standard spelling of traveller. [One who travels, especially to distant lands.]
wanderernoun(soccer) someone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.
itinerantnounHabitually travelling from place to place.
voyagernounA person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.
wayfarernounA traveller, especially one on foot.
journeyernounA traveller.
rovernounA vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
drifternoun(sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
ramblernounA recreational walker, a hiker.
roamernounOne who roams.
sojournernounA person who resides temporarily in a place.
nomadnoun(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
trekkernoun(fandom slang) A fan of the TV science fiction series Star Trek.
peregrinatornounOne who peregrinates; one who travels about.
peregrinenounThe peregrine falcon.

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