What does "planter" mean?
Planter: One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.
Additional senses
- 2.A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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