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PETER MINNEWIT

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Overview

PETER MINNEWIT (noun)
  The noun PETER MINNEWIT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PETER MINNEWIT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PETER MINNEWIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Minnewit; Minuit; Peter Minnewit; Peter Minuit

Instance hypernyms:

colonist; settler (a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country)


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