Stuyvesant

Stuy·ve·sant

S0828500 (stī′vĭ-sənt), Peter or Petrus 1612?-1672. Dutch colonial administrator. The last Dutch governor (1647-1664) of New Netherland, he expanded the colony's boundaries but surrendered it to England in 1664.

Stuyvesant

(ˈstaɪvɪsənt) n (Biography) Peter. ?1610–72, Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland (later New York) (1646–64)

Stuy•ve•sant

(ˈstaɪ və sənt)

n. Peter, 1592–1672, last Dutch governor of New Netherland 1646–64.

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Stuyvesant - the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant