Definition of Peter stuyvesant

1. Noun. The last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672).

Exact synonyms: Petrus Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant
Generic synonyms: Administrator, Executive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter Stuyvesant

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
Peter the Great
Peterbald
Peterborough
Peterburg
Peters' ovum
Petersburg
Petersburg Campaign
Petersen
Peterson

Literary usage of Peter stuyvesant

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

1. A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1859)
"THAT the reader may be aware of the peril at this moment menacing peter stuyvesant and his capital, I must remind him of the old charge advanced in the ..."

2. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"THAT the reader may be aware of the peril at this moment menacing peter stuyvesant and his capital, I must remind him of the old charge advanced in the ..."

3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"peter stuyvesant* TO JOHN WINTHROP, JR. To the right Honnorable John Winthorp, ... peter stuyvesant."

4. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1863)
"peter stuyvesant TO JOHN WINTHROP, JR. To the worthily esteemed Mr. John ... I would • peter stuyvesant, the son of B clergyman, was born in Friesland, ..."

5. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1905)
"peter stuyvesant peter stuyvesant was the last, and, like the renowned Wouter Van Twiller, the best of our ancient Dutch Governors, Wouter having surpassed ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Peter stuyvesant on Dictionary.com!Search for Peter stuyvesant on Thesaurus.com!Search for Peter stuyvesant on Google!Search for Peter stuyvesant on Wikipedia!

Search