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“planter” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

planter
sator; qui serit (☞ not plantator, or qui plantat): plantors of a colony, coloni (the colonists): qui coloniam constituerunt or collocant in aliquo loco; or (with reference to the state) qui coloniam emittunt or mittunt aliquo.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for planter?
The usual Latin words for “planter” are sator, colōnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.