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Stuyvesant

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Stuy·ve·sant  (stv-snt), Peter or Petrus 1592?-1672.
Dutch colonial administrator. The last Dutch governor (1646-1664) of New Netherland, he was unpopular for his harsh leadership and in 1664 was forced to surrender the colony to England.
Stuyvesant [ˈstaɪvɪsənt]
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(Biographies / Stuyvesant, Peter (?1610-1672) M, Dutch, POLITICS: colonial administrator) Peter. ?1610-72, Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland (later New York) (1646-64)
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Noun1.StuyvesantStuyvesant - 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


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Stuyvesant Milsom, who thought Archibald a bit of an ass, was always ready to sit and listen to his mother on the subject, it being, however, an understood thing that at the conclusion of the seance she yielded one or two saffron-coloured bills towards his racing debts.
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