noun
Meaning 1
One who plants something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
planter
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Pronunciation
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/ˈplæntə(ɹ)/
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/ˈplɑːntə(ɹ)/
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homophone: plantar
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CMU ARPABET: P L AE1 N T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A machine for planting seeds or transplants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a decorative pot for house plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pot, flowerpot
noun
Meaning 7
the owner or manager of a plantation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plantation owner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster
noun
Meaning 8
a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English plant Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English planter From plant + -er.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: dibçək — box or pot
- Bulgarian: кашпа (kašpa) — box or pot
- Finnish: kukkalaatikko — box or pot
- Finnish: kukkaruukku — box or pot
- French: jardinière — box or pot
- French: pot de fleur — box or pot
- Hebrew: עָצִיץ ('atzítz) — box or pot
- Swedish: blomkruka — box or pot
- Swedish: golvkruka — box or pot
- Swedish: utomhuskruka — box or pot
- Swedish: planteringslåda — box or pot
- Swedish: blomlåda — box or pot
- Swedish: balkonglåda — box or pot
- Turkish: saksı — box or pot
- Swedish: bosättare — early English settler
- Swedish: kolonist — early English settler
- Swedish: nyodlare — early English settler
- Bulgarian: сеялка (sejalka) — machine
- Finnish: istuttaja — machine
- Swedish: såmaskin — machine
- Swedish: såningsman — person operating a planter
- Bulgarian: плантатор (plantator) — owner of a plantation
- Finnish: plantaasinomistaja — owner of a plantation
- French: planteur — owner of a plantation
- German: Pflanzer — owner of a plantation
- Hindi: प्लैंटर (pla͠iṭar) — owner of a plantation
- Polish: plantator — owner of a plantation
- Swedish: plantageägare — owner of a plantation
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