PETER 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)

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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