as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
the planters are too busy around harvest time to pay the tourists much mind
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Covering the trunk and the surrounding planter are photos, signs, and handwritten notes.
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Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Macrame planters hanging next to an edgy print, a heavy square coffee table topped with delicate crochet coasters: Get creative with it.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
On the Sea Islands of South Carolina, where the Union established a beachhead just seven months into the war, white planters fled the approaching Army while some ten thousand slaves stayed put.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Water the planter lightly once a month if the soil is completely dry.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
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Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Macrame planters hanging next to an edgy print, a heavy square coffee table topped with delicate crochet coasters: Get creative with it.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
On the Sea Islands of South Carolina, where the Union established a beachhead just seven months into the war, white planters fled the approaching Army while some ten thousand slaves stayed put.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Water the planter lightly once a month if the soil is completely dry.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for planter
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“Planter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planter. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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