planter

Meanings

Plural: planters

Noun

• the owner or manager of a plantation
• a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground
• a decorative pot for house plants
• 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.
• One who plants something.
• 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.
• One who plants something.
• A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.
• A machine for planting seeds or transplants.

Synonyms

plantation owner