Planter
PLANT'ER, noun One that plants, sets, introduces or establishes; as a planter of maiz; a planter of vines; the planters of a colony.
1. One that settles in a new or uncultivated territory; as the first planters in Virginia.
2. One who owns a plantation; used in the West Indies and southern states of America.
3. One that introduces and establishes.
The apostles were the first planters of christianity.