planter
One who plants something.
Other meanings
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.
Synonyms
- plantation owner
Related words
- church planter
- planter box
- plantership
- planter's wart
- planterful
- planterly
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “planter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.