Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who plants.
  • noun A machine or tool for planting seeds.
  • noun The owner or manager of a plantation.
  • noun An early settler or colonist.
  • noun A decorative container for a plant or small tree.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Specifically, in the Newfoundland fisheries, a middleman between the fisherman and the large dealer. See the extract.
  • noun A cattle-thief: so called from their habit of hiding the stolen cattle.
  • noun One who plants, sets in the ground or in position, introduces, establishes, or sets up: as, a planter of maize or of vines; the first planters of Christianity; a planter of colonies.
  • noun One who owns a plantation, especially in a tropical or semi-tropical country: as, a coffeeplanter; the planters of the West Indies.
  • noun A piece of timber, or the naked trunk of a tree, one end of which is firmly planted in the bed of a river while the other rises near the surface of the water: a dangerous obstruction sometimes encountered by vessels navigating the rivers of the western United States.
  • noun A tool or machine for planting seeds: as, a corn-planter, a cotton-seed planter, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, plants or sows
  • noun One who owns or cultivates a plantation.
  • noun A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory.
  • noun a movable box or a fixed low, open structure, as of brick, in which plants are grown for decorative purposes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
  • noun historical Any of the early English settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
  • noun A machine used for planting seeds.
  • noun A person who plants seeds, either by hand or by machine.
  • noun The owner of a plantation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a decorative pot for house plants
  • noun the owner or manager of a plantation
  • noun a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground

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Examples

  • The term planter was applied to one who went to the colony, and his personal adventure was equated to one unit of investment at the same rate as above.

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  • The planter is suitable for indoor and outdoor use.

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  • The coffee can inverse planter is less ad hoc that it might seem -- I cut out the base hole and glued in plastic sheeting a while ago, so today's work consisted of inserting cup hooks (there are nuts threaded on the inside to stop them pulling free), screwing in the anchor (I drilled a hole a few days back), and roping it up.

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  • The planter is made using a complex six-part mold (compared to the typical two-to four-part mold) with seventeen post-molding cuts.

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  • This OSUSOWAKE which means sharing in Japanese planter uses a new lightweight material called Puffcal to grow plants.

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  • This OSUSOWAKE which means sharing in Japanese planter uses a new lightweight material called Puffcal to grow plants.

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  • Being an ex-planter is so much better than being a active planter.

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  • Catherine Weston of Ferryland made Complaint upon Oath that William McDaniel of Ferryland planter is justly Indebted to her in the Sum of one hundred and nine pounds four shillings and five pence sterling which he has refused to pay; … praying that justice may be done her.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • Mrs. Catherine Weston of Ferryland Plaintiff on the 17th August last made Complaint upon Oath before Our Justices of our Court of Common pleas that William McDaniel of Ferryland planter is justly Indebted to her in the sum of One hundred and nine pounds four shillings and fivepence sterling being for the Amount of a Book-debt, and that he refuses payment thereof although thereunto frequently required.

    Gutenber-e Help Page 2005

  • But bethinking me that it was quite possible my planter might be a "Democrat," as Mr. Jefferson calls his party, I spoke guardedly, I thought.

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