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Definitions of planter

1. the owner or manager of a plantation Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter. Webster Dictionary DB

3. One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter. Webster Dictionary DB

4. A settler in a new colony; the owner or cultivator of a farm where cotton, sugar, etc., are raised. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

5. One who plants or introduces: the owner of a plantation. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

6. One who plants; one who owns a plantation. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

7. One who plants; an owner of a plantation. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

8. One who plants; one who owns a plantation; a settler; one who introduces. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

9. One who plants; one who owns a plantation; one who introduces or disseminates. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Usage examples for planter

1. In the cotton States, after the war, the simple and ignorant Negroes made the crops for the white planter on shares. – The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Last Updated: February 18, 2009

2. The lantern that hung near him enabled him to see the features of the planter but he could not see the face of the officer, with whom he was engaged in a very earnest conversation. – Fighting for the Right by Oliver Optic