Definition of Peter minnewit

1. Noun. Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638).

Exact synonyms: Minnewit, Minuit, Peter Minuit
Generic synonyms: Colonist, Settler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter Minnewit

Peter's gland
Peter's pence
Peter Abelard
Peter Alexander Ustinov
Peter Behrens
Peter Carl Faberge
Peter Carl Goldmark
Peter Cooper
Peter Goldmark
Peter I
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Peter Lorre
Peter Mark Roget
Peter Medawar
Peter Minnewit
Peter Minuit
Peter O'Toole
Peter Pan
Peter Pan collar
Peter Pan syndrome
Peter Pans
Peter Paul Mauser
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Seamus O'Toole
Peter Seeger
Peter Sellers
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Tchaikovsky
Peter principle

Literary usage of Peter minnewit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. --proceedings and Addresses --. by Pennsylvania-German Society (1897)
"Kapp, in his monograph "peter minnewit aus Wesel," München 1866, without citing any authority, states that his death and burial took place at Fort Christina ..."

2. Pennsylvania: The German Influence in Its Settlement and Development. A by Pennsylvania-German Society (1897)
"It does not appear from any of his numerous writings that he ever was married or had any children. 184 peter minnewit (Minuet, ..."

3. German Achievements in America: A Tribute to the Memory of the Men and Women by Rudolf Cronau (1916)
"... op NEW AMSTERDAM AT THE TIME OF peter minnewit. (From an Old Engraving.) By dealing fairly with the Indians ..."

4. An Authentic History of Lancaster County: In the State of Pennsylvania by Jacob Isidor Mombert (1869)
"... of transactions belonging to the interval which have come down to us, are not of sufficient moment to be chronicled in this place. peter minnewit ..."

5. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1914)
"Staten Island is bought for ye use & acct of ye Honble Lords of ye West India Company Augst ye 10. Anno 1630 by their Ministers. peter minnewit John Lampo ..."

6. Papers of the American Historical Association by American Historical Association (1888)
"... from the Argonautica, by Dr. Friedrich Kapp, in his article, entitled Peter Minnewit aus Wesel, in the fifteenth volume of the Historische Zeitschrift. ..."

7. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1879)
"The preceding statements with regard to the earlier fortunes of Minuit are taken, chiefly, from Fr. Kapp, peter minnewit aus Wesel, ..."

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