planter

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/ˈplæntə(ɹ)//ˈplɑːntə(ɹ)/

noun

One who plants something.

Similar
plantation owner
Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounplanter (plural planters)

plural planters

  1. One who plants something.

    De Rocco, the compulsive rose planter, had surreptitiously placed the rose there.

    2014, Andrea di Robilant, Chasing the Rose: An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside
    2 more examples

    She didn't use any magic truth serums, nor did she suggest hypnotherapy, but barring this, she personified the greatest enemy of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation — an evil planter of false memories.

    2002, Jill Christman, Darkroom: A Family Exposure, page 100

    Chelmsford station is looking smarter after the local Community Rail Partnership and Rotary Club members installed 12 large planters on the platforms.

    2023 February 8, “Network News: News in Brief: Planters at Chelmsford”, in RAIL, number 976, page 20
    1. historicalAny of the early English or Scottish settlers who were given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
    2. 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.
  2. A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.
  3. A machine for planting seeds or transplants.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe owner or manager of a plantation

Similar
plantation owner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  5. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  8. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  9. Latinplanta
  10. Proto-West Germanic*plantu
  11. Old Englishplante
  12. Middle Englishplante
  13. Englishplant
  14. Englishplanter

From plant + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian плантатор, кашпа
  • плантатор (plantator)owner of a plantation
  • кашпа (kašpa)box or pot
  • сеялка (sejalka)machine
Finnish plantaasinomistaja, kukkalaatikko
  • plantaasinomistajaowner of a plantation
  • kukkalaatikkobox or pot
  • kukkaruukkubox or pot
  • istuttajamachine
French planteur, jardinière
  • planteurowner of a plantation
  • jardinièrebox or pot
  • pot de fleurbox or pot
German Pflanzer
  • Pflanzerowner of a plantation
Hebrew עָצִיץ
  • עָצִיץ ('atzítz)box or pot
Hindi प्लैंटर
  • प्लैंटर (pla͠iṭar)owner of a plantation
Polish plantator
  • plantatorowner of a plantation
Swedish bosättare, kolonist
  • bosättareearly English settler
  • kolonistearly English settler
  • nyodlareearly English settler
  • plantageägareowner of a plantation
  • blomkrukabox or pot
  • golvkrukabox or pot
  • utomhuskrukabox or pot
  • planteringslådabox or pot
  • blomlådabox or pot
  • balkonglådabox or pot
  • såmaskinmachine
  • såningsmanperson operating a planter
Turkish saksı
  • saksıbox or pot

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APA

planter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planter

MLA

“planter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “planter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/planter.

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