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Noun

1. peter stuyvesant, petrus stuyvesant, stuyvesant

the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)

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Peter. ?1610–72, Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland (later New York) (1646–64)

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Peter1592-1672; last Du. governor of New Netherland (1646-64)

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Dutch colonial administrator. The last Dutch governor (1647-1664) of New Netherland, he expanded the colony's boundaries but surrendered it to England in 1664.

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