noun a palmerworm.
2. palmer ·vt one who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
3. palmer ·add. ·noun a palmerworm.
4. palmer ·noun short for palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
5. palmer ·add. ·noun short for palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
6. palmer ·noun 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.