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Definition of Minuit
1. Noun. Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minuit
Literary usage of Minuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware: Their History and Relation to the by Amandus Johnson (1911)
"Peter Minuit, who had faithfully followed the instructions of the directors, ...
It is possible that Minuit offered to make another trial at trading and ..."
2. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"But Minuit paid no heed to protests or threats. ... While stopping at the island
of St. Christopher in the West Indies, the worthy Minuit perished ..."
3. History of the State of New York by John Romeyn Brodhead (1874)
"Minuit sailed from Gottenburg, with a commission from the infant queen, ...
The selection of this region was probably owing to Minuit, who, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Ange de Minuit (L1)- A play by MM. BARRIERE and PLOUVIER, first performed at the
Théâtre de Ambigu-Comique, Paris, March 5, 1861, and several times adapted ..."
5. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the by George Smith (1862)
"On this stream, about two and a half miles from its mouth, Minuit effected a
landing at a point then favorable for that purpose, and now known as " The ..."
6. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1907)
"That is certainly true of the first Governor, Jacobsen May, and his successor
William Verhulst. We can hardly say more Peter of tne third, Peter Minuit. ..."
7. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1884)
"Ten other companions of one under Minuit was accompanied by the Rev. Minuit or
Hollender are mentioned in a foot- ..."
8. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"M^it Peter Minuit, the second director, was himself a Walloon. ... 1638- had
taken refuge in Wesel, where Minuit was a deacon of the Walloon Church the time ..."
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