n. One who palms or cheats, as at cards.n. A ferule.n. A pilgrim who had returned from the Holy Land, had fulfilled his vow, and had brought with him a palm-branch to be deposited on the altar of his parish church; hence, an itinerant monk who went from shrine to shrine, under a perpetual vow of poverty and celibacy. The distinction between pilgrim and palmer seems never to have been closely observed.n. A palmer-worm.n. An artificial fly whose body is covered with hairs bristling in all directions: used by anglers.n. A wood-louse.n. A palm-tree.