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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Recent Examples of planter
Every year, Family Tree Nursery sells thousands of annuals, potted in planters and hanging baskets to customers at their three locations in the Kansas City metro area.
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Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
The family of four could be seen staying at the London Hilton on Park Lane, posing together in front of a planter filled with sunflowers.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 July 2025
Continue to feed flower beds and planters to encourage growth and repeat blooms.
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—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2025
On Books Tim Bouverie On Wagner and the Creation of the Ring
by Michael Downes
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The World’s Most Expensive Planters Beloved by Bernard Arnault and King Louis XIV, the original Versailles planters are coming to America.
—Air Mail, 19 July 2025
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Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
The family of four could be seen staying at the London Hilton on Park Lane, posing together in front of a planter filled with sunflowers.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 July 2025
Continue to feed flower beds and planters to encourage growth and repeat blooms.
56.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2025
On Books Tim Bouverie On Wagner and the Creation of the Ring
by Michael Downes
Read On
A Golden Thumb
The World’s Most Expensive Planters Beloved by Bernard Arnault and King Louis XIV, the original Versailles planters are coming to America.
—Air Mail, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planter
farmer
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There’s a chef’s garden on site, and the club is not only contracting with local farmers but is in discussions to raise its own cattle just off property to source its meat.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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And even if California farmers started planting more olive trees this year, those trees wouldn't start producing olives for several years.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Planter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planter. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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