planter
[plan-ter, plahn-]
- a person who plants.
- an implement or machine for planting seeds in the ground.
- the owner or manager of a plantation.
- History/Historical. a colonist or new settler.
- a decorative container, of a variety of sizes and shapes, for growing flowers or ornamental plants.
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Origin of planter
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Contemporary Examples
He was the son of a Cajun planter and had lived in the district he represented for most of his life.
Like all his hundred-odd slaves, Madison inherited Jennings from his father, a wealthy Southern planter.
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Soon the planter militia broke the slave line and the slaughter began.
Historical Examples
His torch will be at the threshold and his knife at the throat of the planter.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
Every Southern planter may have his slave-household baptized.
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
Sir, every Southern planter is not more truly a slave-holder than Abraham.
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
God has thus given to the Southern planter an absolute monopoly.
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
The planter's life did not long satisfy him and finally he became a priest.
Introductory American HistoryHenry Eldridge Bourne
planter
- the owner or manager of a plantation
- a machine designed for rapid, uniform, and efficient planting of seeds in the ground
- a colonizer or settler
- a decorative pot or stand for house plants
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Word Origin and History for planter
n.
"one who sows seeds," late 14c., agent noun from plant (v.). Mechanical sense by 1850. Meaning "proprietor of a cultivated estate in West Indies or southern colonies of North America" is from 1640s, hence planter's punch (1924). Meaning "a pot for growing plants" recorded by 1959.
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