Planter
['plɑːntə] or ['plæntɚ]
Definition
(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.
Checked by Letitia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.
(n.) One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.
(n.) A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.
Editor: Matt
Examples
- My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- From the same source was derived the character of the planter Legree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- An American planter, who had never seen Europe, was chosen by us to command our troops, and continued during the whole war. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Augustine St. Clare was the son of a wealthy planter of Louisiana. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He went to the hotel where my Henry was; they told him he had been sold to a planter up on Pearl River; that was the last that I ever heard. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, we jogged on together some time, till Alfred saw plainly that I was no planter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr. Mason, a West India planter and merchant, was his old acquaintance. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But again there was opposition from many influential Southern planters, and his application was denied. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The people of America are chiefly farmers and planters; scarce anything that they raise or produce is an article of commerce with the Indians. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- When our planters arrived, they purchased the lands of the natives, without putting king or parliament to any expense. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Transplanters as well as planters have been devised. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Well, said the other, there are also many considerate and humane men among planters. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'm none o' yer gentlemen planters, with lily fingers, to slop round and be cheated by some old cuss of an overseer! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You must not take that fellow to be any specimen of Southern planters, said he. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The greater part of our North American and West Indian planters are in this situation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There were occasional parties given by the planters along the coast--as the bottom lands on the Red River were called. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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