Palmer

Palmer (plural Palmers)

1. Medieval, from Old French. A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification.

And palmeres for to seken strange stroundes
To ferne halwes, kouthe in sondry londes. -- Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, ll. 14-15

Palmer

1. An English surname, of Old French origin. See above.