planter

[plan-ter, plahn-]

noun

1. a person who plants.

2. an implement or machine for planting seeds in the ground.

3. the owner or manager of a plantation.

4. History/Historical.,  a colonist or new settler.

5. a decorative container, of a variety of sizes and shapes, for growing flowers or ornamental plants.

planter

/ ˈplɑːntə /

noun

1. the owner or manager of a plantation

2. a machine designed for rapid, uniform, and efficient planting of seeds in the ground

3. a colonizer or settler

4. a decorative pot or stand for house plants

Word History and Origins

Origin of planter¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, planter is from the Middle English word plaunter. See plant, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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

The health department recommends emptying and scrubbing places where water accumulates, including tires, buckets, pet bowls, planters and rain barrels.

From Los Angeles Times

“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

“I grabbed a festive disco ball planter with a pothos in it, came home to put it on our windowsill, and I was just so excited,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

Its storefront, painted with polka dots and decorated with giant butterflies, sits like a cheery oasis in Gustine’s four-block downtown, a riot of green spilling from the planter boxes out front.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• grower 
• laborer 
• peasant 
• producer 
• rancher