palmer — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

all, good, young

The young palmer walked barefoot across the countryside seeking shelter at monasteries.

VERB + PALMER

dwelling, looked, mining, place, places

The old miner looked palmer at the abandoned mining town he once called home.

PALMER + NOUN

love's, none

The old palmer's love for the sacred relics never wavered throughout his entire pilgrimage.

PREP.

in

The pilgrim wore a palmer in his hat to show he had visited the Holy Land.

Definitions

name

1

An English surname transferred from the nickname.

Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).

2

A male given name.

3

A placename

4

A placename

5

A placename

noun

1

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

The Pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the Palmer had none. The Pilgrim travelled to some certain, designed place or places, but the Palmer to all. The Pilgrim went as his own charge, but the Palmer professed wilful poverty and went upon alms.

Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel! / Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love's eye! / They could not in the self-same mansion dwell / Without some stir of heart, some malady; [...]

2

Abbreviation of palmerworm.

noun

1

A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.

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Example Bank

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01

Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery

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02

The Pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the Palmer had none. The Pilgrim travelled to some certain, designed place or places, but the Palmer to all. The Pilgrim went as his own charge, but the Pa

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03

Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel! / Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love's eye! / They could not in the self-same mansion dwell / Without some stir of heart, some malady; [...]

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04

If I had known more about them when I put on mine in the rag shop, I would have bought a soft, wide-brimmed hat to go with it; but I did not, and the shopkeeper's sister told me I looked a good palmer

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05

Sally Palmer is not a woman to be trifled with.

Tatoeba · #53964

06

Enigmatic mining billionaire Clive Palmer has just been elected to the Australian parliament, with one of the smallest margins in history.

Tatoeba · #2820181

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, palmer is marked as archaic, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.