planter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who plants something.
Any of the early English or Scottish settlers who were given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Any member of a similar landed class of (often wealthy) farm owners elsewhere, such as plantation owners whose lands are worked by farm workers, wage slaves, or slaves.
A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.
A machine for planting seeds or transplants.

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planter planters

From plant + -er.

church planter planter box planterful planterly plantership planter's wart

Swedish: såningsman

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