Planter

·noun One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.

II. Planter ·noun One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.

III. Planter ·noun A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.

planter
n. a cattle-thief, so called fromhiding the stolen cattle. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reform...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
planter
1) In Newfoundland, a person engaged in the fishery. 2) A term applied to a piece of timber or the ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
planter
In Newfoundland it means a person engaged in the fishery; and in the United States the naked trunk o...

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