Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PLANT'ER, n.

1. One that plants, sets, introduces or establishes; as, a planter of maiz; a planter of vines; the planters of a colony.
2. One that settles in a new or uncultivated territory; as the first planters in Virginia.
3. One who owns a plantation; used in the West Indies and southern states of America.
4. One that introduces and establishes. The Apostles were the first planters of Christianity. Nelson. Addison.