Hypertext Webster Gateway: "planter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Planter \Plant"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof
corn; a machine planter.
2. One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar
planter; a coffee planter.
3. A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the
first planters in Virginia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
planter
n 1: the owner or manager of a plantation [syn: {plantation owner}]
2: a decorative pot for house plants
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