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palm·er (pämər)
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n.
A medieval European pilgrim who carried a palm branch as a token of having visited the Holy Land.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman palmer, paumer, from Medieval Latin palmārius : Latin palma, palm; see PALM2 + -ārius, n. suff.]

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Palmer, Daniel David 1845-1913.
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Canadian-born American healer who developed chiropractic medicine and founded a school of chiropractic that was later run by his son Bartlett Joshua (1881-1961).

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Palmer, James Alvin Known as "Jim." Born 1945.
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American baseball player. A right-handed pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1984), he won 20 or more games during eight separate seasons and won the Cy Young Award three times (1973, 1975, and 1976).

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Pal·mer (pämər, päl-), Arnold Born 1929.
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American golfer who was the first to win four Masters championships (1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964).
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Arnold Palmer
photographed in 2009

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Indo-European & Semitic Roots Appendices

    Thousands of entries in the dictionary include etymologies that trace their origins back to reconstructed proto-languages. You can obtain more information about these forms in our online appendices:

    Indo-European Roots

    Semitic Roots

    The Indo-European appendix covers nearly half of the Indo-European roots that have left their mark on English words. A more complete treatment of Indo-European roots and the English words derived from them is available in our Dictionary of Indo-European Roots.