Stuy·ve·sant

(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.

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Stuyvesant

(ˈstaɪvɪsənt)

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

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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)

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'Why,' said Margaret, 'Stuyvesant was coming home on the one o'clock train.

'You won't be wanting me for a while, I guess?' said Stuyvesant nonchalantly.

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Golway has detailed the history of the Fire Department of New York from the 1647 arrival of Peter Stuyvesant as director of New Amsterdam Colony to the early months of 2002.

Golway, Terry. So others might live; a history of New York's bravest

It's a bitter-cold morning in New York City as I cross the Stuyvesant Bridge--known to the rest of the world as the TriBeCa Bridge--and hurry toward the school doors, eager to escape the knifesharp wind, On the threshold, though, I'm stopped mid-step.

In the shadow of terror: life returns to not quite normal at Stuyvesant High. (Education Matters to Me)

West, Dix Hills; John Jay H.S., Katonah; Massapequa H.S., Massapequa; Stuyvesant H.S., New York City; Hackley School, Tarrytown; Regis H.S., New York City.

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Alexander Epstein, a student journalist at Stuyvesant High School, watched the horror unfold from the window of his classroom.

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The second prize of $30,000 was given to Ting Luo, an 18-year-old biologist from Stuyvesant H.S.

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