"one who sows seeds," late 14c., agent noun from plant (v.). Mechanical sense by 1850. Meaning "proprietor of a cultivated estate in West Indies or southern colonies of North America" is from 1640s, hence planter's punch (1924). Meaning "a pot for growing plants" recorded by 1959.
雙語例句
1. That young man was the son of a wealthy planter.
那年輕人是一位富有的農場主的兒子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The clerk said with his best southern planter's accent.
房間登記員以最地道的南部種植園主的口吻回答.
來自辭典例句
3. He was the son of a wealthy planter.
他是一個富有的種植園主的兒子.
來自辭典例句
4. He was not of the planter class at all, though he was not poor white.
他盡管不是個窮白人,但根本不屬于農場主階級.
來自飄（部分）
5. To all appearances he was just the commonplace planter who had fallen upon evil days.