PLANTER

planter

(noun) a decorative pot for house plants

planter, plantation owner

(noun) the owner or manager of a plantation

planter

(noun) a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

planter (plural planters)

One who plants something.

A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.

(historical) Any of the early English settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.

A machine used for planting seeds.

The owner of a plantation.

Anagrams

• pantler, replant

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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