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单词 palmer
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Definition of palmer in English:

palmer

noun ˈpɑːməˈpɑ(l)mər
  • 1historical A pilgrim, especially one who had returned from the Holy Land with a palm branch or leaf as a sign of having undertaken the pilgrimage.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a palmer (pilgrim) turned hangman, Robin rescued three of his men.
    • This last deals with a debate between a Palmer (pilgrim), a Pardoner, an apothecary and a Pedlar.
    1. 1.1 An itinerant monk travelling from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In 1608 Edward Topsell, a naturalist, called them "Palmer" worms - so named after the "palmer", or wandering monk - because of their roving habits and ruggedness.
  • 2A hairy artificial fly used in angling.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The soldier palmer fly is like all palmered flies inasmuch as it has a thick body with a few or no tail fibres and no wings.
    • Dressing a fly by winding the hackle the length of the body is mentioned in fly fishing books of the fifteenth century. It is called the palmer style of dressing.
    • Step 4: Tie in hackle and wind in palmer style to bend

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin palmarius 'pilgrim', from Latin palma 'palm'.

 
 

Definition of palmer in US English:

palmer

nounˈpɑ(l)mərˈpä(l)mər
  • 1historical A pilgrim, especially one who had returned from the Holy Land with a palm frond or leaf as a sign of having undertaken the pilgrimage.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a palmer (pilgrim) turned hangman, Robin rescued three of his men.
    • This last deals with a debate between a Palmer (pilgrim), a Pardoner, an apothecary and a Pedlar.
    1. 1.1 An itinerant monk traveling from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In 1608 Edward Topsell, a naturalist, called them "Palmer" worms - so named after the "palmer", or wandering monk - because of their roving habits and ruggedness.
  • 2A hairy artificial fly used in angling.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dressing a fly by winding the hackle the length of the body is mentioned in fly fishing books of the fifteenth century. It is called the palmer style of dressing.
    • The soldier palmer fly is like all palmered flies inasmuch as it has a thick body with a few or no tail fibres and no wings.
    • Step 4: Tie in hackle and wind in palmer style to bend

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin palmarius ‘pilgrim’, from Latin palma ‘palm’.

 
 
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