planter
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The name comes from an estate built on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in the early years of the 18th century by Philemon Hemsley, a wealthy merchant and tobacco planter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
As a pure planter, the company is expected to benefit from any rise in crude palm oil prices, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
“I was trying to take a picture of the beautiful turquoise planter at the end of the pool, but the camera was on me, so I just snapped it,” she later told PEOPLE.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
Aguirre’s wife, Maria, pointed out the wooden planter boxes that had been placed on Bonnie Brae to discourage camping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2024
Ellen was so fair that she looked as though she were white, and so she dressed up in a man’s clothing and she looked like a wealthy young planter.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
