planter
Americannoun
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a person who plants.
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an implement or machine for planting seeds in the ground.
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the owner or manager of a plantation.
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History/Historical. a colonist or new settler.
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a decorative container, of a variety of sizes and shapes, for growing flowers or ornamental plants.
noun
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the owner or manager of a plantation
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a machine designed for rapid, uniform, and efficient planting of seeds in the ground
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a colonizer or settler
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a decorative pot or stand for house plants
Etymology
Origin of planter
First recorded in 1350–1400, planter is from the Middle English word plaunter. See plant, -er 1
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Equipment companies such as Deere that are trying to persuade farmers to buy a new combine or planter for next year are also winners from this news.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Kelly Garrett, who farms 9,000 acres in western Iowa, said his corn-seed usage with a variable-rate planter dropped to 29,000 seeds an acre from 34,000 seeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Work soon began on erecting the towering armature, which is made of 1,800 linear feet of steel tubing and 500 planter boxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
“I was trying to take a picture of the beautiful turquoise planter at the end of the pool, but the camera was on me, so I just snapped it,” she later told PEOPLE.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
The son of Gus Washington, a planter, local official, and slaveholder, young George inherited ten human beings at age eleven, when his father died, along with 150 acres of property, later called Ferry Farm.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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