planter
noun/ˈplæntə(ɹ)/ · /ˈplɑːntə(ɹ)/
Etymology From plant + -er.
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:
1 more example
- 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:
2
Historical Any of the early English or Scottish settlers who were given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
3
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.
4
A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.
5
A machine for planting seeds or transplants.
- Derived terms
- church planter, planter box, planterful, planterly, plantership, planter's wart