| 释义 |
† planˈtator Obs. rare.
[a. late L. plantātor (Augustine) a planter, transplanter, f. plantāre to plant; see -ator.]
1. One who transplants something, e.g. a custom.
1632Lithgow Trav. x. 438 Can you draw from them [i.e. the French]..a greater draught, then they draw from the Italian, for first they be Imitators; next, Mutators; thirdly, Temptators; and lastly, your Plantators, in all the varieties of vanity.
2. A settler, colonist, ‘planter’.
1632Lithgow Trav. x. 411 A great discouragment for our collonizd plantators there. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 123 This year the protestants and English plantators in Ireland, began to grow into some discontent. |