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    MINUIT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Minnewit; Minuit; Peter Minnewit; Peter Minuit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

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

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