Planter

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  • noun. undefined
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
  • noun. 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.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "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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    Cantor  banter  canter  cantor  enchanter  
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