planter /ˈplæntə(ɹ)/ noun5 •One who plants something.De Rocco, the compulsive rose planter, had surreptitiously placed the rose there. — 2014 •A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor. •Any member of a similar landed class of (often wealthy) farm owners elsewhere, such as plantation owners whose lands are worked by farm workers, wage slaves, or slaves. •(historical) Any of the early English or Scottish settlers who were given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I. •A machine for planting seeds or transplants. formsplanters