1. (n.) One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planter of corn; a machine planter.

2. (n.) One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.

3. (n.) A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.

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