\Palm"er\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A palmerworm.
2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made
   to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.

\Palm"er\, n. [From {Palm}, v. t.]
One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

\Palm"er\, n.[From {Palm} the tree.]
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. --Chaucer.
      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.

\Palm"er\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A palmerworm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made
   to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle. [Webster 1913
   Suppl.]