Planter
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Planter or Planters may refer to:
Common meanings
[edit]- A flowerpot or box for plants
- Jardiniere, one such type of pot, mostly indoor types
- Cachepot, another term for the same
- Flower box, another type of planter, mostly for outdoors
- Window box, a planter attached to a windowsill, on the outside
- Sub-irrigated planter, a planting box where the water is introduced from the bottom
- A person or object engaged in sowing seeds
- Planter (farm implement), implement towed behind a tractor, used for sowing crops through a field
- Potato planter, a machine for planting potato tubers and simultaneously applying mineral fertilizers to the soil
History
[edit]- A coloniser
- Plantations of Ireland, 16th and 17th centuries
- Ancient planter, a colonist receiving one of the first land grants in Virginia
- New England Planters, settlers who moved to the Canadian maritime provinces which had been left vacant by the Acadian Expulsion
- Old Planters (Massachusetts), early settlers of Massachusetts
- A farmer
- Planter class, the collective class of plantation owners in the American antebellum South
- A supervisor of a plantation, particularly in the Far East under the British Empire
- Church planter, a person engaged in creating a new Christian church
Companies
[edit]- Planters, the American snack food company best known for its processed nuts and the "Mr. Peanut" mascot
- Planters Bank, which merged with Peoples Bank of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States in 1990 to form Centura Bank
- Planters Inn, hotel in Savannah, Georgia
- Union Planters, a former bank in the United States
- Planters Development Bank or Plantersbank, a former bank in the Philippines
Military
[edit]- USS Planter, a number of ships of the U.S. Navy
- SS Planter, a number of commercial steam ships
- Mine planter, a mine warfare ship of the early days of World War I
Sports
[edit]- Planters Pat Bradley International, a former golf tournament
Baseball
[edit]- Clarksdale Planters, a minor league baseball team in Mississippi, United States
- New London Planters, a minor league baseball team in Connecticut, United States
Culture
[edit]- Igor Planter, a fictional eco-terrorist in the 2000-2004 manga Black Cat
- The Planter, a 1917 American drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and John Ince
Other uses
[edit]- Planter, Georgia, a community in the United States
- Planters Hall, a historic place in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
- Planter's Punch, a cocktail
See also
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