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Definition of Planters
1. planter [n] - See also: planter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planters
Literary usage of Planters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Such widow left a small separate estate of her own, which consisted of 12 shares
of planters' Bank stock, appraised at the value of $696; ..."
2. The Confederate States of America, 1861-1865: A Financial and Industrial by John Christopher Schwab (1901)
"The latter were not desired by the planters; the notes, on the other hand, would
enable them to cancel their debts. " Relieve private indebtedness and you ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1823 We were entangled among great numbers of snags and planters, and had a cat
head carried away by one of them. —E. James, ' Rocky Mountain Expedition,' i ..."
4. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Hospitality of Southern planters. — New Clearing and Natural Rotation of Trees.
... Our fellow-passengers consisted of planters, with several mercantile men ..."
5. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"The barbarous Massacre committed by the Savages on the English-planters, March
the two and twentieth, 1621. after the English accompt. 1621. ..."
6. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"We order all the planters and inhabitants of towns to return to their homes; they
will find themselves protected there in their persons and properties. ..."
7. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"ii • its value were liable to be great and sud- planters' ae- den, ... It gave
them a certain advantage in all their dealings with the planters. ..."
8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Such widow left a small separate estate of her own, which consisted of 12 shares
of planters' Bank stock, appraised at the value of $696; ..."
9. The Confederate States of America, 1861-1865: A Financial and Industrial by John Christopher Schwab (1901)
"The latter were not desired by the planters; the notes, on the other hand, would
enable them to cancel their debts. " Relieve private indebtedness and you ..."
10. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1823 We were entangled among great numbers of snags and planters, and had a cat
head carried away by one of them. —E. James, ' Rocky Mountain Expedition,' i ..."
11. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Hospitality of Southern planters. — New Clearing and Natural Rotation of Trees.
... Our fellow-passengers consisted of planters, with several mercantile men ..."
12. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"The barbarous Massacre committed by the Savages on the English-planters, March
the two and twentieth, 1621. after the English accompt. 1621. ..."
13. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"We order all the planters and inhabitants of towns to return to their homes; they
will find themselves protected there in their persons and properties. ..."
14. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"ii • its value were liable to be great and sud- planters' ae- den, ... It gave
them a certain advantage in all their dealings with the planters. ..."
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