Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The business of a planter, or the management of a plantation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
occupation orposition of aplanter ; the management of aplantation , as in theUnited States orWest Indies .
Etymologies
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planter + -ship
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Examples
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They were mostly young men from England, and not unfrequently had considerable refinement; but ignorant of the treatment which book-keepers had to submit to, and allured by the prospect of becoming wealthy by plantership, they came to Jamaica and entered as candidates.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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They must be disconnected with planters and plantership, that they may be independent of all colonial parties and interests whatever.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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