n. 1. One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. a movable box or a fixed low, open structure, as of brick, in which plants are grown for decorative purposes. [ PJC ]
n. The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]