MINNEWIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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

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

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

• 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)