planter

Etymology

plant + -er

noun

  1. One who plants something.
    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
    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. A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
    Chelmsford station is looking smarter after the local Community Rail Partnership and Rotary Club members installed 12 large planters on the platforms. February 8 2023, “Network News: News in Brief: Planters at Chelmsford”, in RAIL, number 976, page 20
  3. (historical) Any of the early English or Scottish settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
  4. A machine used for planting seeds.
  5. The owner of a plantation.

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