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Definition of Peter Stuyvesant
1. Noun. The last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter Stuyvesant
Literary usage of Peter Stuyvesant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1859)
"THAT the reader may be aware of the peril at this moment menacing Peter Stuyvesant
and his capital, I must remind him of the old charge advanced in the ..."
2. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"THAT the reader may be aware of the peril at this moment menacing Peter Stuyvesant
and his capital, I must remind him of the old charge advanced in the ..."
3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"Peter Stuyvesant* TO JOHN WINTHROP, JR. To the right Honnorable John Winthorp,
... Peter Stuyvesant."
4. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1863)
"Peter Stuyvesant TO JOHN WINTHROP, JR. To the worthily esteemed Mr. John ...
I would • Peter Stuyvesant, the son of B clergyman, was born in Friesland, ..."
5. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1905)
"Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant was the last, and, like the renowned Wouter
Van Twiller, the best of our ancient Dutch Governors, Wouter having surpassed ..."
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