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单词 plantation
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plantation

noun

plan·​ta·​tion plan-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce plantation (audio)
1
: a usually large group of plants and especially trees under cultivation
2
: a settlement in a new country or region
Plymouth Plantation
3
a
: a place that is planted or under cultivation
b
: an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor

Synonyms

  • colony
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Example Sentences

the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
Recent Examples on the Web Eventually, the Reform Party — made up of white Protestant missionaries and wealthy plantation owners — launched a coup in 1887 against the then-ruler Kalakaua, and forced him to sign a constitution reducing the powers of the monarch. Ananya Tiwari, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2022 Written by Bill Collage, and produced by Todd Black, Joey McFarland and Jon Mone, the movie tells the story of a runaway slave who navigates the swamps of Louisiana on an arduous journey to escape the plantation owners who nearly killed him. Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 July 2022 One tradition says the messenger who was on his way to deliver the news to Texas was murdered by greedy plantation owners. Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2022 As my colleague Jonathan Katz points out in his Substack feed, The Racket, the Times for the first time documented the precise amount Haiti ended up paying over time to France, French plantation owners, French banks, and, later, American banks. Amy Wilentz, The New Republic, 25 May 2022 While New England’s image has been linked in popular culture to abolitionism, the report said, wealthy plantation owners and Harvard were mutually dependent. New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022 As of now, Smith’s next starring role is in the film Emancipation, where the actor portrays a runaway slave who journey through Louisiana swamps to escape plantation owners. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2022 Her paternal grandparents, wealthy plantation owners who relied on Black labor to work the fields, brokered cotton in the Mississippi town where Emmett Till was lynched. Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022 After all, what were the overseas guests of those plantation owners if not the region's first tourists? Sarah Greaves-gabbadon, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

plantation

noun

plan·​ta·​tion plan-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce plantation (audio)
1
: a large area of land where crops are grown and harvested
2
: a settlement in a new country or region

Geographical Definition

Plantation

geographical name

city in southeastern Florida west of Fort Lauderdale population 84,955

plantation

noun

as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • colony
  • outpost
  • territory
  • camp
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  • possession
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