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Webster 1913 Edition

Planter

Plant′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, plants or sows;
as, a
planter
of corn; a machine
planter
.
2.
One who owns or cultivates a plantation;
as, a sugar
planter
; a coffee
planter
.
3.
A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory;
as, the first
planters
in Virginia
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Planter

PLANT'ER

,
Noun.
One that plants, sets, introduces or establishes; as a planter of maiz; a planter of vines; the planters of a colony.
1.
One that settles in a new or uncultivated territory; as the first planters in Virginia.
2.
One who owns a plantation; used in the West Indies and southern states of America.
3.
One that introduces and establishes.
The apostles were the first planters of christianity.

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