HyperDic: petrus_stuyvesant

English > 1 sense of the expression Petrus Stuyvesant:
NOUNperson Petrus Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesantthe last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland
English > Petrus Stuyvesant: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningThe last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672).
SynonymsStuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant
Instance ofadministrator, executivesomeone who manages a government ... / government agency or department
SpanishPeter Stuyvesant
CatalanPeter Stuyvesant

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