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Peter Stuyvesant   /pˈitər stˈaɪvəsənt/   Listen
Peter Stuyvesant

noun
1.
The last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672).  Synonyms: Petrus Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant.






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"Peter Stuyvesant" Quotes from Famous Books



... Jo. M. Brown, of the militia, who with the valor of the redoubtable Peter Stuyvesant at Christina, marched into Toledo, "brimful of wrath and cabbage," transmits the above precious memorial, not to the Department, or the President, to whom it is ostensibly addressed, but to the editor of a political party paper at Detroit, to "manufacture" public ...
— Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers • Henry Rowe Schoolcraft



Words linked to "Peter Stuyvesant" :   executive, Petrus Stuyvesant, administrator



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