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Noun: Petrus Stuyvesant
  1. The last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
    - Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant

Type of: administrator, executive

Encyclopedia: Petrus Stuyvesant

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