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PLANTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decorative pot for house plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("planter" is a kind of...):

flowerpot; pot (a container in which plants are cultivated)

Derivation:

plant (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The owner or manager of a plantation

Synonyms:

plantation owner; planter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("planter" is a kind of...):

farmer; granger; husbandman; sodbuster (a person who operates a farm)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("planter" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

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