Synonyms for plantations
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : plan-tey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : plænˈteɪ ʃən |
Définition of plantations
Origin :- mid-15c., "action of planting," from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantationem (nominative plantatio) "a planting," noun of action from past participle stem of plantare "to plant" (see plant). Historically used for "colony, settlement in a new land" (1610s); meaning "large farm on which tobacco or cotton is grown" is first recorded 1706.
- noun large farm
- A pretty thing if we were snapped up by a buccaneer and sold in the Plantations!'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He has bought three plantations at Martinico, and two at Guadeloupe.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
- At this period the towns and plantations in the State of Maine were but thirteen.
- Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
- His word was law in the stables, the kennel, the plantations, and the boat-quay.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- He was evidently an ancient beau of the plantations in court dress.
- Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- They left the plantations at night and went to other villages for tickets.
- Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
- Some of the men's wives belong to other marsters on other plantations.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Various
- Colored folks on some of the other plantations wasn't so lucky.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Various
- At one time there was not a foot of dry land upon one of the Runiroi plantations.
- Extract from : « Plantation Sketches » by Margaret Devereux
- They have plantations and estates in the South, but the ranches are out West.
- Extract from : « Peggy Stewart at School » by Gabrielle E. Jackson
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