<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.</li><li>any religious pilgrim.</li><li>palmerworm.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>Scot. and North England: to wander; go idly from place to place.</li></ul>