Planter

(noun.) a decorative pot for house plants.

(noun.) the owner or manager of a plantation.

(noun.) a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground.

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• My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• From the same source was derived the character of the planter Legree. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• An American planter, who had never seen Europe, was chosen by us to command our troops, and continued during the whole war. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Augustine St. Clare was the son of a wealthy planter of Louisiana. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He went to the hotel where my Henry was; they told him he had been sold to a planter up on Pearl River; that was the last that I ever heard. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Well, we jogged on together some time, till Alfred saw plainly that I was no planter. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Mr. Mason, a West India planter and merchant, was his old acquaintance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But again there was opposition from many influential Southern planters, and his application was denied. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The people of America are chiefly farmers and planters; scarce anything that they raise or produce is an article of commerce with the Indians. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• When our planters arrived, they purchased the lands of the natives, without putting king or parliament to any expense. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Transplanters as well as planters have been devised. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Well, said the other, there are also many considerate and humane men among planters. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I'm none o' yer gentlemen planters, with lily fingers, to slop round and be cheated by some old cuss of an overseer! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• You must not take that fellow to be any specimen of Southern planters, said he. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The greater part of our North American and West Indian planters are in this situation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There were occasional parties given by the planters along the coast--as the bottom lands on the Red River were called. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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