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

2. (n.) 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.

3. (n.) A palmerworm.

4. (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.

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